Wednesday, 05 August 2026 14:25

'LinkedIn Greens'

Written by  The Hound

OPINION: The same mainstream media muppets that brought you Jacindamania in 2017 have been flat out pimping for the Opportunities Party, labelled by some as the 'LinkedIn Greens' for their corporate spin on Green-esque 'tax the rich' policies.

Said media mavens have reacted grumpily to the politically savvy move by National to rule out working with their favoured horse.

Your old mate reckons if they fall short in the election, they can take their ill-conceived land value tax as "really bad" and saying it could cost some farmers five times more than Labour's proposed methane tax.

TOP seem oblivious to the fact that imposing another tax on farmers would only put more pressure on family farms and make food production more expensive.

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