[vilmosi]

> Why should we pay (with our taxes) for poor kiwis who can't afford a house?

Why pay taxes at all for a country you're not citizen of? /s

Seriously now, it's because you live there. Their government makes the rules, you decided to live there and, by extension, decided to follow their rules.

> I mean, yeah, Labour party is in power in NZ at the moment, hence such policies like 'Let's increase salaries to poor workers, let's give them houses, let's increase maternity leave etc.'. The problem is that somebody has to pay for that

And, given which democratically elected government is in power, it's their right to choose how to spend their money.

[kovrik]

Yes, you are right and I don't disagree with you. I understand this. And I really love New Zealand, no regrets moving here at all!

That is just my view on such policies. As you might have guessed, I'm not a labourist.

[lancewiggs]

All the political parties here have similar polices - it's a country with a social welfare system. On the margin National/ACT (blue) like to cut taxes and spend less social welfare and Labour (red)/Greens the reverse. After 3 terms with blue we had overshot, and Labour iOS having their turn at the well. I encourage all voters to be swing voters - that way they have a chance to influence policy. There are good politicians across all parties here, and we are lucky for that.