Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Tax Cuts, But For Who?
Mauri Pacific Leader Tau Henare today put a dampener on National's proposed tax cuts post election.
Mr Henare said he would support cutting the corporate tax rate. But doing the same to the top personal tax rate could not be justified.
"Cutting corporate tax makes sense - it's about job growth - and the ones doing that are businesses," he said.
"But I have serious problems with cutting the top personal tax rate - the same problem I had when National proposed it as an election sweetener earlier this year. I didn't support it then and I wouldn't support it again if it came before me.
"The point about the cutting the top tax rate is that it's lining the pockets of people who have money, not the have nots.
"If there's going to be cuts to personal tax it needs to be at the other end of the scale, for the low income, not the upper end " said Mr Henare.
ENDS
Gordon Campbell: On unemployment, Winston Peters’ low boiling point and music criticism
Labour Party: National Gaslights Women Fighting For Equal Pay
The Treasury: New Treasury Paper On The Productivity Slowdown
NZ Government: Government Recommits To Equal Pay
Emily Ireland - Local Democracy Reporter: Deputy Mayor ‘disgusted’ By Response To Georgina Beyer Sculpture
Te Pāti Māori: Māori Unemployment Rate Increases By More Than Four-Times National Rates
Government: Streamlining Building Consent Changes
