Oops, you’re right. I had that figure in my memory from somewhere, but I was mistaken. A googling tells me that the number of employed people in NZ is just shy of 2.9m, so the tax increase would be approx 2.5c per taxpayer for every dollar to teachers.
Wait, you estimate 1.4m taxpayers? In a country of 5 million people? What is it based on?
I’m not saying you’re wrong, that’s just a bit surprising if you’re right.
Oops, you’re right. I had that figure in my memory from somewhere, but I was mistaken. A googling tells me that the number of employed people in NZ is just shy of 2.9m, so the tax increase would be approx 2.5c per taxpayer for every dollar to teachers.