Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 3, 2020 3:25:27 GMT 12
THE CRIPPLING TOBACCO TAX IS UNFAIR TO MAORI AND THE POOR – SO WHAT DOES TARIANA TURIA THINK ABOUT IT NOW?
The Taxpayers’ Union brought racial disparities into considerations when he denounced the government’s New Year tax hike for smokers.
Hapai Te Hauora, an organisation which aims to increase opportunities to enjoy good health, got in on the act of questioning the latest tax increases, too.
It noted that tobacco prices were raised by just over 11 per cent on January 1, in the last of a series of annual tax-based price rises announced in the 2016 budget. A 25-pack of cigarettes will cost more than $40.
It’s enough to drive impoverished smokers to drink – or robbery......
.....Hmm. Here at Point of Order we wonder when the Treaty of Waitangi will be dragged into this with some malcontent taking a case to the Waitangi Tribunal......
pointofordernz.wordpress.com/2020/01/02/the-crippling-tobacco-tax-is-unfair-to-maori-and-the-poor-so-what-does-tariana-turia-think-about-it-now/
The Taxpayers’ Union brought racial disparities into considerations when he denounced the government’s New Year tax hike for smokers.
Hapai Te Hauora, an organisation which aims to increase opportunities to enjoy good health, got in on the act of questioning the latest tax increases, too.
It noted that tobacco prices were raised by just over 11 per cent on January 1, in the last of a series of annual tax-based price rises announced in the 2016 budget. A 25-pack of cigarettes will cost more than $40.
It’s enough to drive impoverished smokers to drink – or robbery......
.....Hmm. Here at Point of Order we wonder when the Treaty of Waitangi will be dragged into this with some malcontent taking a case to the Waitangi Tribunal......
pointofordernz.wordpress.com/2020/01/02/the-crippling-tobacco-tax-is-unfair-to-maori-and-the-poor-so-what-does-tariana-turia-think-about-it-now/