Larry Williams Drive

I think a lot of our charities need a good looking over today after the Family First decision.This stuff with Family First doesn’t matter. It’s nothing compared to what is really going on.I reckon the bigger problem with charities is actually how many of them are running businesses and not paying taxes?How is it we have big companies like Sanitarium making tens of millions of dollars in profits in a year and not paying any income tax?Because they’re doing God’s work for the Seventh Day Adventists.You have a massive player in dairy in Waikato paying no tax again because they’re associated with the Open Brethren. And they’re spreading the gospel so they’re a charity.You’ve got big iwi like Ngai Tahu running fisheries operations and running every second massive tourism attraction you see in the South Island, and again, paying no tax.Imagine trying to run a business in competition with one of these guys. It would be so hard.They’ve got an advantage because you’re paying tax, meanwhile, you’re trying to compete kn