"the rich will keep getting richer, the division and poverty and racism will widen and our debt will get bigger."
You have just described the last 6 years of Labour!
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You are confusing National and Labour. Under Labour the rich got richer, inequality grew, benefit dependence grew, the number people in need of emergency housing blew out exponentially, crime exploded off the charts. All metrics got worse under this government.
National have absolutely no option but to offer tax cuts in the face of the massive suite of bribes being offered by the Labour party. Labour will simply continue to borrow & spend without any restrictions. ‘Being responsible’ is not part of the game the Left play; if the goal is more and more socialism then of course Labour have no qualms about borrowing hundreds of billions to spend on freebies & giveaways. It is extremely disingenuous for Left wingers to decry tax cuts offered by right wing parties. They literally have no option but to offer them.
It’s weak and boring to play the ‘selfish’ card, as usual. People who take personal responsibility for themselves & their actions are decent citizens. It is the hate filled Left who cause enormous problems with their Quixotic desire to make everything ‘fair’ - their constant interventions only result in catastrophic unforeseen consequences. But no matter how many times they fail, they pig-headedly continue on their merry misguided way.
Are you saying that National have absolutely no option but to offer tax cuts as a BRIBE because of the massive suite of bribes being offered by the Labour party?
You’ve said they literally have no option but to offer them. They do have a choice, but maybe they believe they need to offer a bribe to win the election.
That’s exactly what I am saying. Labour are obviously bribing voters by unveiling an endless parade of freebies and giveaways to get votes. If National does the same then they are effectively a socialist party. If National offers absolutely nothing then why would the bulk of swing voters go for them?
So I repeat: National has no option but to offer tax cuts to voters.
And again: National has no option but to offer tax cuts to voters.
Labour can jump up and down about it, and their supporters are doing the same, but I find all the theatrics and the carry-on to be highly disingenuous.
The rich getting richer is another macro global economic issue and not the result of Labour policies, just like the cost of living. And the division, poverty, racism will widen and our debt will get bigger no matter which parties win the election.
https://www.zmescience.com/other/economics/rich-get-richer-16022021/
Economic inequality, which is booming in many parts of the world, is more than just a moral problem. It has been associated with a higher crime rate, lower overall economic growth, and a tendency of the market to go "from bubble to bubble". A recent study found that economic inequality also leads to higher unrest and even terrorism.
I agree that racism coming from Te Pati Maori, the Labour maori caucus, and the maori tribal elite will get worse. The Left are pursuing a separatist agenda that will have disastrous consequences.
On the subject of 'the rich getting richer', legions of those rich people are the consultants and bureaucrats lining their pockets with public funds thanks to Labours borrow & spend policies. The Left always look to supplant people who get wealthy through capitalist endeavours with 'their own people': bureaucrats & the well-connected party faithful. Unfortunately for the poor workers, everything is done in their name but they end up working harder for a lower standard of living in socialist / communist countries. 'Doing it for the proletariat' is the biggest con job the Left have ever pulled.
Perhaps if National had added social housing in their 9 years rather than reducing it we wouldn't have the acute problem we do now. If they had added the same amount per year in office as Labour we would have an additional 20,000 social houses, homes for over 50,000 people.
If Labour had not increased the minimum wage dramatically then working people on the minimum wage would be a lot worse off.
Labour have made some major stuff ups but this is not one of them and it's disingenuous of you to suggest otherwise.
What is National's policy on solving the social housing crisis? And is it budgeted for?
In with your traditional Labourite "but National" nonsense. Where are the 100,000 KiwiBuild houses that were promised? Labour had all the answers to the 'housing crisis' when in opposition, remember? Labour have no answers except for buying motels to park the homeless and dramatically overstating the number of houses they have added; not nearly so many new builds as you make out....they've actually been out there competing with first home buyers and buying existing stock.