The Prosper Podcast

ProsperNZ sit down with Deputy Dan from Opportunity to discuss what the party stands for, its proposed tax reset, potential affiliation possibilities, infrastructure and more!

Produced by Harrison Collins

Interview conducted by Tyler Wichman

0:00 Intro: meet Deputy Dan of the Opportunity Party

0:44 Why Dan chose Opportunity (being "politically homeless")

1:35 Can young people trust an unproven party?

2:23 National service & letting MPs speak their own mind

4:43 A two-speed food system: treating food as a public good

7:13 Local food co-ops, urban farms & fresh produce

8:40 Taking on the supermarket duopoly & the Commerce Commission

11:06 Citizens income: why make it universal?

12:11 Peter Thiel, admin savings & why not just a tax cut

14:03 Overseas UBI case studies: Ireland & the Marshall Islands

14:52 Would a UBI hurt labour-force participation?

17:28 Land value tax and the family farm

19:27 Lowering land values vs funding the UBI

20:43 Can farms still pass to the next generation?

23:14 The "breakthrough economy": R&D to lift farm incomes

24:50 Carbon credits & native vs pine forestry

25:23 Why no alternative budget?

25:58 KiwiSaver 2.0 and buying a first home

28:23 Are young people paying for retirement twice?

29:57 Has establishment politics failed young Kiwis?

31:37 Coalition strategy: negotiating by party, not bloc

33:52 Gareth Morgan's crossbench idea

36:14 Treaty settlements & Māori policy

37:28 Where Opportunity stands on mining

39:34 $60b infrastructure debt & generational fairness

41:59 No "sugar hit" youth policies?

43:52 R&D funding flowing to universities

44:36 Wrap-up

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