Blue-Greens
proposal to increase fuel taxes must be ruled out by Simon
Bridges
FEBRUARY 25 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE Plans by the Blue-Greens to
campaign on more electric vehicle subsidies and higher
fuel taxes need to be vetoed by the National
Party leadership, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’
Union.
Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director
Jordan Williams says “The Blue-Greens are sticking up the
middle finger to Simon Bridges’ commitment to no new
taxes or hikes to petrol taxes. But this group of his
own MPs want the emissions trading scheme to raise the costs
of fuel. After spending all of 2018 rightly attacking Labour for introducing
regressive fuel taxes, why are National now preparing
their own financial assault on low-income
families?”
“Helping the residents of Parnell to buy
subsidised electric vehicles while slamming working families
with additional taxes for older cars is horrendously
regressive."
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