新西兰现场直播,快来围观: MPs' secret properties
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11155031
Live chat: Keith Ng on exposing MPs' secret properties
An exclusive Herald investigation has revealed several Government MPs are using a loophole to avoid declaring properties they own - while claiming up to $78,000 in taxpayer-funded subsidies each year to pay off the mortgage.
Data journalist Keith Ng trawled through 7.2 million property records to create a searchable database for the investigation.
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评论
重点是,他们的补助是否应该有用途的限制,他们是不犯法,但规则应该参考普通纳税人的意见。纳税人难道会同意自己交的税都给大官们用钻法律空子的方法用来买房子?!
特别是现在很多人都买不起房子的情况下,觉得这事非常讽刺。