A Quick Word

Predictably, big business was quick off the mark with large ads slamming a possible capital gains tax. Is “the common good” not in their vocabulary? Bruce Tubb, Belmont.

An asset may go up in value but the dollar is always going down, so the owner is no richer. Denis Hewett, Kerikeri.

Tax on investments is a no-brainer, it should have been law years ago. How many have made obscene amounts by “flicking” properties?

S. P. McMonagle, Greenhithe.

With China putting the pressure on NZ to change, it will be hard for us to switch to using Huawei without losing face.

John Strevens, Remuera.

Once the infrastructure is in place it will be renaming our country. Welcome to New Chinaland.

Robert Davis, Whitianga.

I love Bernie Sanders. He talks more sense than the rest. Sadly he is condemned by his detractors as a socialist. In the US that makes him less electable than a bank robber.

Andrew Tichbon, Green Bay.

Chinese ambassador Wu Xi reportedly lectured our PM: “. . . it is vitally important to firmly hold the rudder carefully steering through the rocks”. What if China is building islands on the rocks and militarising them?

A. Climie, Wh¯ang¯arei. In response to Paul Manning, readers need to understand medical marijuana is made from the oils of the hemp plant and recreational marijuana from the cannabis plant. Two separate commodities that can have separate regulatory oversight. Adam Baines, Westmere.

Phil O’Reilly is wrong, the thing preventing a waterfront stadium is sanity.

Neville Cameron, Coromandel.

Wonder if Simon Bridges is aware that in the true New Zealand political tradition, when his colleagues assure him they are right behind him it would be wise to move away from the cliff edge. Jeremy Coleman, Hillpark.

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Herald has an obsession with rugby? Four and a half pages on Monday, nearly three on Tuesday. James Birch, One Tree Hill.

We’re only in week three of Married At First Sight and already it’s another series where fans are calling out the producers for deliberately setting up drama. It would seem Oz reality shows aren’t even real these days. Glenn Forsyth, Taupo¯.

You ran a cartoon of God wearing a Lagerfeld outfit. Would you publish a similar cartoon of Mohammed or are you only brave enough to run an anti-Christian cartoon?

Nick Hamilton, Auckland.