Friday, 29 August 2014, 9:54 am Press Release: ACT New Zealand
Media Release
29 August 2014
ACT Leader Dr Jamie
Whyte
Spot the
difference - the leaders debate- Dr Jamie
Whyte
I watched the Leaders'
debate last night and was struck by the fact that John Key
accepted all of David Cunliffe's basic assumptions. For
example, he did not say that the government should not tell
farmers who they could sell their land to; he said that it
was National who had established the rules about being
allowed to sell to foreigners only if it created jobs.
Neither man ever argued on principles (even economic
ones) but just quibbled about facts and figures, about what
the government had and had not achieved. Both men think
taxpayers' money should be spent on housing. Even on
capital gains taxes, John Key's answer was the government
already has a capital gains tax. Both claimed that a
government they lead can increase spending and balance the
books. It seems ACT is now the only party that believes in
free enterprise
capitalism.
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