The dog registration in the Tauranga City Council area is $156 for two dogs. It's a tax I can't afford, so I will dispose of my dogs.

The rates I pay for my house is a tax also that really cripples me.

I would like to see the council dismantled, and the ‘internal business' contracted out.
The luxury of this super power business is no longer viable.

Government business, such as WINZ, should also be dismantled and a national wage paid.

Sell of the WINZ buildings and to pay debts.

Each gigantic business is no longer viable and turns residents into poverty-stricken people in their twilight years.

If I have to cut down expenses – a tiny house, no car, no dogs, used clothes, no heating and eat meat only twice a week – New Zealand can cut down giant businesses.

We have to have a rethink about sustaining these giant businesses.

The election is turning into a fight between old men. It's a joke. The young ones aren't' voting. Dismantle the Government too. What use are they. It's time.

K Murphy, Papamoa.