Kiwirail or Kiwifail? 26 MAY 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
“Another Budget another huge cheque from the
taxpayer for KiwiRail”, says Taxpayers’ Union Executive
Director Jordan Williams reacting to today’s $190.2
million capital injection into KiwiRail announced in Budget
2016.
“When National was elected they developed a
‘turn round plan’ so KiwiRail would stop coming cap in
hand for hundreds of millions every year. That plan failed,
and the Government now has no plan whatsoever for KiwiRail
to stand on its own two feet.”
“The amount spent
on and written off by KiwiRail amounts to $3.4 billion since
this Government was elected in 2008. That is enough to have
paid for return flights to London for every New
Zealander.”
“Only politicians would throw good money
after bad trying to breath life into a 19th century
technology, when driverless cars and trucks are on the
horizon.”
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