Ilovethebomb @ Ilovethebomb @lemmy.nz

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Between income tax and sales tax when they spend it, the government will probably see half of it anyway.

Exactly what I thought, nobody is going to own up and say it was theirs.

I'd love to know how that much cash ended up in a ceiling space though, someone must know it's there, but has decided it's not worth the risk to come back and get it. Or they're in prison.

Definitely very strange.

It's owned by Westland Mineral Sands Ltd, although I'm not sure if that means they are the legal owner, or lease the vessel. It's very odd, that's for sure.

Yes, the amount of excise added to fuel is public information.

Also, our fuel market is quite competitive, as long as you have one of the independent retailers in the area at least. Someone will be the first to move, and the others will follow.

I definitely agree with you there.

I've got a diesel vehicle myself, I'd love a system that automatically pays RUCs. They exist, but are aimed at businesses with a fleet of vehicles.

With electric vehicles, while they operate purely on electricity, taxing it would be a nightmare as you can "refuel" an EV anywhere.

Given an ever increasing amount of vehicles are either plug in hybrid or EV, this is probably the best way to do this.

It's also an election promise, and part of the coalition agreement, so not really a surprise.

Or a flatmate.

$3250 a year, which is steep, but that's the cost of doing business for a small council.

I mean, the alternatives are far worse.

I'd love to know what his plan was with this. Did he think they would give up and go home?

Definitely, someone would be dead if they tasted like lollies. Especially since children have been eating them.

Well, some good news for once. I've been fixing at 6 months the last few renewals, in the hope rates will start to drop.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/525243/29-meth-lollies-found-so-far-one-listed-for-sale

Someone tried to sell one on Facebook Marketplace.

It's an interesting idea actually.

I don't shop at Countdown, so I can't say firsthand.

Yeah, smuggling operation gone wrong was also my first theory.

The capital outlay may be small, but the ongoing maintenance on a floating structure like that would be quite high, certainly compared to a fixed installation.

That's why I made the comment about a smuggling operation gone wrong in the description, I suspect this was how the drugs got into the country in the first place.