The budget

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How truly fabulous! Our very generous govt has allowed pensioners a wonderful $4.50 a week enabling us to put a down payment on a loaf of bread or stretch to a few extra rice grains.!




As per usual, very little for those on low incomes, just the usual few crumbs - & they went back on their promise to fund new cancer drugs, so those people will either have to go into debt or give up & die.



They seem to have let people down quite badly.

https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU2405/S...s-need.htm

Budget 2024 is placing this governments ideological wants before real New Zealanders' needs.
“Tax cuts and spending cuts are favoured over addressing the cost-of-living crisis and delivering the investments that New Zealanders need," said NZCTU Economist Craig Renney.
“Nicola Willis has failed her own tests that she set herself, such as when she said her tax cuts would “not require any additional borrowing” said Renney. According to Treasury, the Government will borrow an additional $17.1bn by June 2028. Tax cuts will cost nearly $10bn. Future taxpayers are going to pay for tax cuts today.
“Willis also claimed that she would be able to deliver on all National’s election promises. Yet the tax cut programme doesn’t include the Working for Families changes promised by National in opposition. The gambling tax changes were supposed to bring in $716m over the next four years. They now bring in $190m. It’s now clear that the tax package isn’t being delivered as promised.