Associate Finance Minister Paul Swain says the opposition
hasn't the policies or the ideas to deliver doubled economic
growth – and history supports that.
The opposition leader
has told the media she will challenge her party to "paint a
picture" of how New Zealand "can hit (economic) growth rates
of over 5 percent" in the next decade (from NZPA story 20
July)
"I think Mrs Shipley needs to check the facts before
she starts her painting," Paul Swain said.
"From March
1990 to December 2000 the average growth rate for New
Zealand was 2.5%.
"It will be some fancy finger painting
for Mrs Shipley to convince New Zealanders she can change
the habits of her political lifetime. I don't think she has
the creative ability.
"To one audience she says she's
going to cut taxes, to another audience she says she is
going to spend more money.
"Her party doesn't know what
it stands for - they have no policy, no ideas and no
leadership.
"Anyone looking for a watercolour of what
the National Party is about this weekend will find a lot of
water and little colour," Paul Swain
said.
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