Tax cuts or more/better government services

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Good structured critique of National's financial policies by James Shaw this morning. A diplomatic way of saying Luxon & Willis are full of shit.

This from a party whose main tax policy is a wealth tax they will never get.  In fact almost all of their massive spend is meant to be funded by this wealth tax - it seems to be a bottomless supply of money.

The Greens have a multifactorial approach to all of their policies and their economic calculations actually hold water. Not like National whose long standing approach is to sell off anything that isn't tied down in their attempts to balance the books, including restarting fossil fuel exploration and extraction with the planet melting down infront of their eyes.

The Greens' wealth tax addresses an overheated property market, household poverty and infrastructure spending with one relatively simple taxation method. And yes it is essentially a bottomless resource as New Zealand's economy has often been described as a housing market with a few extra bits attached.

As James so succinctly put it National's mantra is along the lines of "never mind about the potholes, here have a tax break".