Nat/act/nzf 2023

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Labour slams Government for hiking fuel tax by 22c next term, increasing regos by $50, slashing public transport cash

I suspect this is going to be a theme for this new govt.

The promised 20 bucks a week is going to be eaten up by all the new fees, charges and levies.

Meet the new tax collectors - the nz police force.

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I suspect this is going to be a theme for this govt.

The promised 20 bucks a week is going to be eaten up by all the new fees, charges and levies..

Labour's Nosey Parker has last year confirmed it was going to be a larger theme under Labour with Auckland's
Regional Fuel Tax impost still in place stealing even more from Auckland purses & wallets

The Pot Hole population & Labour's uncanny ability to ignore them multiplying infinitely
right under their noses would have undoubtedly seen what ?

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National's rego ripoff (tm).

Where was the campaign promise to hike feul tax & what does the Act party have to say about that.

[Joshuatree]

I suspect this is going to be a theme for this new govt.

The promised 20 bucks a week is going to be eaten up by all the new fees, charges and levies.

Meet the new tax collectors - the nz police force.

Yes,this govt will be forever remembered as the Cannibal Collective.

[dobby41]

The more interesting reality is that so many Labourites were doing the same thing. Where's the media outrage about that ? Your right what are they supposed to do, pitch a tent in Parliament gardens ? What this story has done is reinforce the public's contempt for the media. Again."

Only PMs could do the same thing - and they didn't.
This isn't about the general MP accommodation allowance.
You just can't see past your bias.

[dobby41]

The Pot Hole population & Labour's uncanny ability to ignore them multiplying infinitely
right under their noses would have undoubtedly seen what ?

Labour ignored the potholes?
NZTA got a road maintenance increase to help.
One of the issues is that Joyce stole some of the maintenance budget to pay for their new roads - was always going to bite someone down the track.

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Labour ignored the potholes?
NZTA got a road maintenance increase to help.
One of the issues is that Joyce stole some of the maintenance budget to pay for their new roads - was always going to bite someone down the track.

So what happened to the tens of billions of dollars raised in debt by Ardern & Hipkins?

Why didn't some of that go into maintenance rather than squandered on 3 Waters, media merger, income insurance, bike bridge to nowhere, school lunches which are not eaten and fed to pigs, consultants etc etc?

Answer - Clueless and Useless Ardern & Hapless Hipkins had zero idea about spending and accountability.

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Commentary on School Lunches by Kerre Woodham, who was and still is a supporter of the program :

https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/...chool-lunches/

Most important bit :

" ...... the previous government hadn't put school lunches in its long-term budget costings. They've dipped into the Covid-19 emergency money, which was all debt.

The Covid response and recovery fund, that's where the funding came for school lunches. There was no long-term funding applied.

As the excellent Kate McNamara writes, she wrote about it in the Herald some time ago. Grant Robertson was told by Treasury that the more than $527 million in operating funds he planned to charge to the Covid-19 emergency fund for the lunches, didn't really qualify as Covid resurgence costs. Funding through the ordinary budget process would be more suitable.

That advice fell on deaf ears because he knew he couldn't find a place in his budget for it."

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Only PMs could do the same thing - and they didn't.
This isn't about the general MP accommodation allowance.
You just can't see past your bias.

The PM said in a media conference yesterday that he has been unable to stay there (for security reasons) due to maintenance work taking place. You just can't see past your bias.

[dobby41]

The PM said in a media conference yesterday that he has been unable to stay there (for security reasons) due to maintenance work taking place. You just can't see past your bias.

Believe that and you'd believe anything - just trying to save face.
Speaking of security - I wonder how they handle the security around his apartment. I suspect his security has had to rent an apartment to be near.