Would you give National the Boot next elections?

[Orkibi]

Would you give National the Boot next elections?

[One]

How about "yes, I hate them for a whole heap of other reasons"?

;-)

[foss]

absolutely

[fullom]

Yep..... Can't see how Bill can rort the system himself then pretend he didn't.

[Mark_B]

Even with the property changes, this is the first budget in 5 or so years (since I moved to NZ) that has something in it for me (some tax cuts).

Another tick for John Key is that he isn't Phil Goff.

[eri]

can't see how labor would have delivered a better budget for property investors

you got to be heartless to vote national when you are young

but you've got to be brainless to vote labor when you are older

[Fingers]

I don't see a great deal of difference between the two.

[Hawkeye77]

I don't see any reason at to give them the boot, it's good for the country overall, you can't expect every policy to go your way personally.

It's no good having a whole lot of properties, if the country they are in is financially sick.

I'm thankful they didn't ring fence though, but I think most people will admit some of those tax rorts the idiots at Labour allowed, and may as well have encouraged were just a joke.

[Son of G]

I only voted yes because I think Pita Sharples would make a great Prime Minister.

[graemeh]

I haven't voted because I don't like either option.

If it was a straight yes or no I would vote NO. I don't like the budget (because of the LAQC changes which are effectively ring fencing) but I know a Labour budget would have been far worse.

[drelly]

I have no complaints about removing building depreciation. If you pay for maintenance, you can claim it. If you don't, why should we get a tax deduction for allowing our own properties to depreciate? They're not like plant and machinery.

[fatfishandchipman]

I have no problem with their budget other than the increase in GST.

But there are plenty of good reasons to see the back of these guys. Key actually believes that he is New Zealand’s CEO. That alone is a good enough reason not to vote for them again.

Government should always be the role of the greater public to serve itself. A government made of the people; by the people for the people should be the mantra.

These days, all government parties are entities unto themselves that believe that government is the right of itself to serve itself; the people come second if not last. Our government is self-serving. They dictate and we abdicate and most New Zealanders believe that is the way it must be and always must be.

Change will only come when we learn to think out of the box.

We need heroes not zeros!

[mortgage broker]

A lot of great things in the budget, it is popular with the majority of Kiwis, which is what the government should be about.

[Perry]

A lot of great things in the budget, it is popular with the majority of Kiwis, which is what the government should be about.

Sounds right: popularity ahead of economic prudence.

I don't see a great deal of difference between the two.

We no longer have blues and reds, just varying shades
of murky or muddy brown. Or both.

I haven't voted because I don't like either option.

Agreed.

If it was a straight yes or no I would vote NO. I don't like the budget (because of the LAQC changes which are effectively ring fencing) but I know a Labour budget would have been far worse.

Beggars the imagination to ponder what
the socio-communists would've done, if
they were still on the Treasury benches.
.

[Viking]

Would you swap this budget for this one?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/budget/7734803/Higher-taxes-for-a-million-as-George-Osbornes-emergency-Budget-hits-investors.html

Because this is what some wanted us to have.