Coffee was spat out
this afternoon at the Taxpayers’ Union when Green
Party Co-leader Metiria Turei released a media statement
labelling the closure of the Cadbury chocolate factory a
“tragedy for Dunedin and local manufacturing”. The
comments by Ms Turei were despite the Green Party’s
campaign push for the Government to introduce sugar and junk
food taxes to reduce spending on those
products.
Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director,
Jordan Williams, says, “Lines like ‘Our hearts go out to
the families’ of the three-hundred and fifty people who
have lost jobs seem a bit hollow when Ms Turei is also
advocating for taxes aimed at harming the very same brands
and products.”
“With not the slightest acknowledgement
of irony, Ms Turei blames the Government for the job losses
because of apparent ‘inaction’ on manufacturing. If by
‘action’, Ms Turei means imposing the sorts of
anti-consumer, anti-business, taxes like ones the Greens
want to impose, then thank goodness the Government isn’t
following their
advice.”
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