So nine thousand families worse off..fantastic work Nicola.
"There are three times as many households in New Zealand who will be worse off because of your tax changes than will get the maximum tax cuts you campaigned on,” he said.
Willis said Tame’s view was “selective picking of the data” and that 5000 of those people were only slightly worse off.
“I’m looking at the number you have campaigned on – you’ve gone on and on and on about it,” Tame said.
Willis was also under fire over child poverty and the additional costs households face.
“A person without young kids gets an average of $17 a week but you are reintroducing prescription charges, increasing waste disposal levies, reintroducing first-year tuition fees, increasing overall tuition fees by 6 per cent, hiking interest on late payments on student loans, removing public transport subsidies for children and young people, increasing vehicle registration fees and introducing road user charges,” Tame said.
“What assurances can you give that person, who feels their $17 a week is being eaten up, that your Government won’t introduce other forms of new taxes?”
Willis fired back, stating that tax reduction was permanent and the real culprit was inflation."
Ah yes - of course, inflation. Ever so handy, that...
They knew damned well what they were doing would cause further hardship for those worst off; they just did not care.
Yes, but it could be entirely accurate & even worse, fair.
Hardly the done thing in politics...
"There are three times as many households in New Zealand who will be worse off because of your tax changes than will get the maximum tax cuts you campaigned on,” he said.
Willis said Tame’s view was “selective picking of the data” and that 5000 of those people were only slightly worse off.
“I’m looking at the number you have campaigned on – you’ve gone on and on and on about it,” Tame said.
Willis was also under fire over child poverty and the additional costs households face.
“A person without young kids gets an average of $17 a week but you are reintroducing prescription charges, increasing waste disposal levies, reintroducing first-year tuition fees, increasing overall tuition fees by 6 per cent, hiking interest on late payments on student loans, removing public transport subsidies for children and young people, increasing vehicle registration fees and introducing road user charges,” Tame said.
“What assurances can you give that person, who feels their $17 a week is being eaten up, that your Government won’t introduce other forms of new taxes?”
Willis fired back, stating that tax reduction was permanent and the real culprit was inflation."
Ah yes - of course, inflation. Ever so handy, that...
They knew damned well what they were doing would cause further hardship for those worst off; they just did not care.
(01-06-2024, 12:10 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: What the hell is wrong with saying - the last government did well, but we can do better? It would certainly be a better look than this constant whining...
Yes, but it could be entirely accurate & even worse, fair.
Hardly the done thing in politics...
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)