Budget ideal opportunity to return workers' money

The budget is an ideal opportunity for the Labour Government to return billions of dollars in over-taxation to workers, ACT Leader Rodney Hide said today.

Mr Hide’s comments follow the Government’s announcement that it’s sitting on a record $8 billion surplus after the first nine months of the financial year.

“Labour has taken $8 billion more from workers than it needed. This works out to $2,000 for every man, woman and child. And there’s still three months left to go!

“No other government in our county’s history has fleeced so much money from hard-working Kiwis. Dr Cullen’s behaviour would make the Sheriff of Nottingham blush”.

Mr Hide said ACT is the only low-tax in Parliament committed to delivering a tax cut for every worker.

“ACT will drop the top personal and company tax rate to 25c in the dollar and drop the 21c rate to 15c. That’s a tax cut for every worker.

“I call on the Government to give workers a fair go and return the money they have so unnecessarily taken off them through across-the-board tax cuts,” Mr Hide said.

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