Alexander Neilson

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Alexander Neilson

@AJCNeilson

Auckland Developer / IT Professional

Auckland, New Zealand Katılım Nisan 2009

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Alexander Neilson@AJCNeilson·6h

@eph__em__era Cinemas often have to commit to showing a film a certain number of times to obtain the movie for display. Often it takes longer for them to show the film that many times so you see films lasting there a lot longer than other cinemas that could play the minimum faster.

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kinda broken legged em@eph__em__era·10h

what's with pauatahanui Why are there no buses to there? Why are there so many roundabouts? Why are there two churches essentially on the motorway? Why does it, of all places, have a Lighthouse Cinema that seems to play films nowhere else in the city does? genuine question

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Alexander Neilson@AJCNeilson·7h

Don’t increase subsidies increase fuel tax ;)

Michael Wagener@Mykuhl

The free market achieved a response to a crisis that subsidies couldn't.

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Alexander Neilson@AJCNeilson·19h

@liamvincent26 But the cost of credit for $4 billion of the road (even at the generous 2% discount rate) is $80 million per year. So if the road gets 5 million annual trips on it and assuming every cent raised went on the interest the toll needs to be $16 per trip just to cover capital cost.

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Liam Vincent@liamvincent26·1d

Ok but two thirds goes towards paying for the road

Clint Smith@ClintVSmith

this is the whole problem with road tolls a $1.50-$4.50 toll on a road with forecast 2054 volume of 5m vehicles a year is $7.5m-$22.5m pa. A third of that goes to administering the toll. So, 5-15m pa. For a $4b(!) road Pointless as a revenue raiser AND more than people will pay

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Alexander Neilson@AJCNeilson·19h

@PronouncedHare @CosmicDrift96 @dpfdpf @TaxpayersUnion Thought experiments are interesting to go through. David may know it’s not going to happen as a solution but the thought about “if it was to be implemented would it result in the outcome David is wanting”. Even non serious suggestions thought through can be useful analysis tools.

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Liam Hehir@PronouncedHare·20h

@CosmicDrift96 @AJCNeilson @dpfdpf @TaxpayersUnion Are you two thick or something? Why the eff would you think that it was a serious proposal instead of an observation?

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Liam Hehir@PronouncedHare·1d

There is so much ignorance about tax because most people are just passive taxpayers. Can guarantee if it was a manual payment that everyone had to make there would be a great fewer misunderstandings.

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Alexander Neilson@AJCNeilson·20h

@dpfdpf @PronouncedHare @TaxpayersUnion But nothing would force people to pay it manually. I also don’t get why PAYE would be eliminated as for IRD it’s pretty cost effective to run. If it happened then I would still think IRD would offer direct debit and therefore those who don’t read their payslips wouldn’t change

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David Farrar@dpfdpf·23h

@AJCNeilson @PronouncedHare @TaxpayersUnion Most people don't read payslips. And yes if you have to pay something manually you would notice it.

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Alexander Neilson@AJCNeilson·23h

@dpfdpf @PronouncedHare @TaxpayersUnion You don’t think people who don’t read their payslips so don’t know how much goes in tax won’t also put their IRD tax on direct debit and not look at those invoices? Or do you think they pay enough attention to every line on their banking app?

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David Farrar@dpfdpf·1d

@PronouncedHare I am a long time advocate of abolishing PAYE and having IRD send everyone a monthly invoice. Membership of the @TaxpayersUnion would probably triple.

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Alexander Neilson@AJCNeilson·1d

@Economissive The toll of the new crossing be $680 per crossing? Sounds like everyone should get to know the western ring road well when the bridge is too weak to keep taking cars.

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Alexander Neilson@AJCNeilson·1d

@Economissive The current harbour bridge (excluding the clip ons) I understand in today’s dollars is about 250 million. New harbour crossing estimated to cost 20 billion. Toll of old bridge ($8.50 in today’s money) paid off the whole bridge in 25 years. Is new is 80x current cost of old should

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Economissive@Economissive·1d

The problem is actually that the toll is set too low Tolls are never set at the price that pays for the road. Nowhere near The admin costs are not high. It's the revenue that's way too low making admin costs appear to be a large proportion

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Alexander Neilson@AJCNeilson·1d

@cha0s10g1c @roblogic_ In the bucket towards paying for the bridge. So what is the goal of direct tolling of the new route. Is it to minimise use of the new route to keep it flowing? Actually pay for the route? Provide a feel good factor for users that they “paid their share”?

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Alexander Neilson@AJCNeilson·1d

@cha0s10g1c @roblogic_ And I haven’t deducted collection / tolling costs from that. I have assumed all $9 per trip going to pay for the crossing. With the old bridge a $8.50 (in today’s money) toll paid off the construction cost (loans) in 25 years. So 5 million trips a year is only providing a drop

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Chaos;Appreciator@cha0s10g1c·1d

Why do lefties hate tolling roads?

Clint Smith@ClintVSmith

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Alexander Neilson@AJCNeilson·1d

@bennettLmorgan @savaii50 The quotes I heard was around ‘yes I have considered it, who wouldn’t. But I am 100% committed to the job …’. And I have to think if he denied having considered it considering the emotion he showed talking about the impact on his kids then believability could have been hit.

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Bennett@bennettLmorgan·2d

@savaii50 His poll numbers are great in comparison and he has done a good job bringing the party back from the brink. He risks undoing that if he sounds non-committal or hesitant about doing the job NZers are about to consider him for

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Bennett@bennettLmorgan·2d

Untenable to remain as opposition leader after honestly musing about this in the open as per the convention set by Andrew Little 9 years ago

henry cooke@henrycooke

Hipkins tells both RNZ and Herald Now that he has considered resigning in the last few days.

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Alexander Neilson@AJCNeilson·1d

@jackdaddy_69 @Acyn They may be under the executive branch. But this is (in theory) a law enforcement investigation gathering evidence. Why would trump know when a particular warrant is being executed in time to dispatch the DNI. I don’t remember Biden asking the DNI to attend mar a lago warrant

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Jack@jackdaddy_69·1d

@Acyn They are all under the executive branch assholes!!

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Acyn@Acyn·1d

Warner: You were involved in an FBI operation to seize ballots in Georgia. Where is the authority for you to involve yourself in a domestic law enforcement activity? Gabbard: I did not participate in a law enforcement activity. Warner: You were present on the scene. Gabbard: I was there at the request of the president… I was not aware of what was in the warrant or was not. Warner: What was the request of the president? Gabbard: To go and observe Warner: Do you have the answer why the president was knowing about the affidavit before it was even served? Gabbard: I'm not aware that the president knew about an affidavit before it was served. Warner: Then why was he sending you to Fulton county?

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Alexander Neilson@AJCNeilson·2d

@RobinNunya14 Amazing how quickly they went from about 5 states who offer enhanced IDs to a nationwide programme with all the DMV’s being easily accessible without a car for everyone to get their free enhanced IDs ready for the save act. Awesome to hear the matching service fixed false +’ves

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Robin@RobinNunya14·2d

As promised, my appt with DMV was @ 4:40 . Was called to the window at 4:47, took my pic for the Enhanced license at 4:55, walked to vehicle, unlocked said vehicle, belted in and took a pic of the vehicle clock Did NOT have a social security card but had other verification, my last name differs from birth certificate but had other verification. Less than 20 minutes - will receive my EDL by mail in two weeks. To @SenSchumer - I’m a female, who did NOT have my social security card & have a different last name than my birth certificate & I had ZERO issues getting an enhanced ID.

Robin@RobinNunya14

Next week- I will be getting my Enhanced ID the one with the American Flag proving my citizenship - I already have a Real Id. Why? So I can personally report to you how easy or difficult it was to do. My last name is NOT the same on my birth certificate & who knows where my SS card is. I will bring other supporting documents. Stay tuned…

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Alexander Neilson@AJCNeilson·2d

Brotherly teasing.

Captain Mark Kelly@CaptMarkKelly

Why don’t you tell me these things?

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Alexander Neilson@AJCNeilson·3d

@MHReddell I can absolutely see how both sides would face a political slap down if they suggested it but it could be a useful tool.

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Michael Reddell@MHReddell·3d

@AJCNeilson Yep and either refund the revenue in a lump sum payment to all households or (more probably) use it for some low income cash support.

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Michael Reddell@MHReddell·3d

Good column including in particular this point. Competition authorities should be sitting to the sidelines and not deterring suppliers pricing potential extreme scarcity. newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/17/let…

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Alexander Neilson@AJCNeilson·3d

@MHReddell I haven’t looked at the numbers well enough from past spikes / falls in crude prices to see the response speed on both sides reflecting equally. If it has been reflected in the fall equally then I can see this as logical.

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Michael Reddell@MHReddell·3d

@AJCNeilson Cost of replacement. Seems to usually work fairly well both when wholesale prices rise and when they fall)

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Alexander Neilson@AJCNeilson·3d

@MHReddell Ah. Sorry. I had misunderstood. Doing some kind of “excise swap” so slap it on now to manage demand and put the price signal on now and then “balance” it if the price spiked above that such a way it caused hardship can drop excise to keep the signal but not bankrupt people?

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Michael Reddell@MHReddell·3d

@AJCNeilson I’d argue that the retail prices currently aren’t adequately pricing the risk (& cost/disruption) of sharp reduction in supply to NZ. Hence my suggestion that the govt shld think about a sharp rise now on fuel excise (politically untenable no doubt but…)

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Alexander Neilson@AJCNeilson·3d

@MHReddell Much when they are not constrained in raising prices to reflect the real cost of supplying product later in the year when a price signal also offers a strong signal to purchasers for access to a potentially limited resource at that time.

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Alexander Neilson@AJCNeilson·3d

@MHReddell I know so many other bits come into it and we aren’t signed up with *a* provider like with our power. Hence it was semi serious but I do wonder why in a market that is currently not impacted by shortages and product bought at markedly lower prices why the pump price spikes so

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@eph__em__era @liamvincent26 @PronouncedHare @CosmicDrift96 @dpfdpf @TaxpayersUnion @Economissive @cha0s10g1c