Taxpayer Talk
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Taxpayer Talk
Latest Episodes
Taxpayer Talk: Grover Norquist on No New Taxes and holding politicians to it
This week, Jordan is joined by Grover Norquist, founder of Americans for Tax Reform and the man behind the original Taxpayer Protection Pledge, to talk about how a simple promise not to raise taxes became one of the most powerful forces in Amer...
Taxpayer Talk: Jordan Williams and Oliver Hartwich on MMP Gaming and Overhang Chaos
Te Pāti Māori’s call for supporters to split their votes has put one of MMP’s strangest quirks back in the spotlight: overhang seats, strategic voting, and whether parties can game the system to change who forms the next government.Jorda...
Taxpayer Talk: Paul Henry on ACT, Tax Cuts, and Taking an Axe to Wellington
In this episode of Taxpayer Talk, Peter Williams is joined by broadcaster-turned-ACT candidate Paul Henry for a lively, wide-ranging conversation on the campaign, the state of the centre-right, and why he thinks this election is too important t...
Taxpayer Talk: Simon Court on the RMA shakedown holding New Zealand hostage
In this episode of Taxpayer Talk, Peter Williams is joined by ACT’s infrastructure and resource management spokesman Simon Court to take aim at the planning rules he says are stopping New Zealand from building the homes, roads, ports, quarries,...
Taxpayer Talk: Deputy PM David Seymour on woke regulators, KiwiSaver, and ACT’s election fight
In this episode of Taxpayer Talk, Peter Williams is joined by ACT Leader and Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour for a wide-ranging pre-election interview on coalition tensions, regulatory overreach, free speech, KiwiSaver, Treaty politics, and...
