"There was simply no way to predict that our austerity policies would stop people spending money on your products and services.
Have you considered maybe shitting on your staff more, perhaps that would help?"
This was the standout to me. I don't think this was part of the Cash for Kids scandal (wrong place and slightly too early) but I think that something has left this guy just plain broken.
I suspect that a lot can be explained by this snippet. I'd be surprised if he didn't emerge from the "troubled teen facility" completely broken as a human being.
The only way that you'd pay significantly more tax up front is if your secondary income was approximately equal to your primary income, in which case you would get it back as a tax refund.
If this happened regularly, you would be advised to apply for a custom rate.
Not quite the same thing, but they are related. Bottle brush flowers are arranged cylindrically, where pohutukawa flowers are more clumpy, like pompoms.