BalpeenHammer

Because you’re not a business.

I know. That's not relevant.

None of those are costs associated with your job.

If I don't eat, if I don't have a place to live, if I can't use electricity or water or sewer I can't do my job.

If you didn’t have your job you would still be paying for those things.

If I didn't have a job I wouldn't be paying rent or utilities right?

Do unemployed people not need to eat?

how do they eat? Where do they get the money to eat? Do they pay taxes on that money?

You said a bunch of things. None of them made any sense.

Try again.

Why shouldn't I be allowed to deduct my utilities and rent just like a business does.

yea it's spread out, it doesn't even keep up with inflation.

Literal CP. Sick and disgusting stuff.

I don't care if businesses are not people. That's not the topic. The topic is why they get to deduct expenses that I am not allowed to deduct.

He probably revelled in it because he knows National workers fully support his efforts to undermine the health system as means to privatise it.

Luxon as usual is absent.

I did answer it. I answered it two ways. One was that we could adjust the rates and tier them like we do for people. The other is that we could keep it the same but give the same benefits to people.

You don't like either answer so you keep lashing out like a child and throwing a tantrum and threatening me with futile useless gestures.

Grow up and act like an adult.

If a business gets to deduct their rent so should I. if a business gets to deduct their utilities so should I. if a business gets to deduct their mortgage so should I. If a business gets to depreciate their equipment and appliances so should I.

It's a simple fucking answer but you just don't like it because you think businesses should be taxed less than you and me.

I answered it multiple times. You just don’t like the answer.

What you are really saying is “agree with me”

Well if there is one thing greenies and lefties are known for it's their love of guns and gun violence. If there is any gun violence anywhere in the country you can sure there is a 99% chance it's some hippie greenie commie woke non binary neurodivergent person. You have to watch out for those people. They are out to kill and something must be done about them.

Rest easy though. ACT is going to put an end to this woke ideology and round them all up for future crimes.

Those are not costs associated with your job, that’s why you can’t deduct them.

They are associated with my job because if I don't have them I can't do my job.

A business gets to deduct “all” its costs because all the costs are associated with the business.

See above. If I don't eat I can't do my job.

Yes, that’s how examples work. Do you think the numbers are “wrong”?

I think your example is silly. There is no reason we can't have the exact same tax structure for businesses as we do for individuals. We could set up tiers etc. If people somehow are able to stay alive despite being taxed on revenue and having no relief whatsoever for their living costs so can businesses.

Answer my questions from my example. Last chance then you’re blocked as you’re clearly not capable of intelligent debate.

Oh my god. Some rando on the internet on a web site ten people use is going to block me because I don't buy into his ideology. Whatever shall I do? I will be so despondent!

I answered your question multiple times. It's just that your zealotry and inability to think outside the box causes you to reject the answer.

Do you understand why businesses couldn’t pay tax on revenue?

In the made up numbers you presented?

When you earn an income from a job, you pay tax on the profit after you’ve deducted your costs

This is a false statement. I do not get to deduct the costs of my food, babysitter, drink, transportation, clothes etc. I should be able to deduct all my costs like a business does. A business gets to deduct ALL their costs. Every single penny.

You’re just getting confused because the tax is automatically taken out every pay.

No I am not. I should be able to deduct every penny I need to survive just like a business does.