I think you've deliberately got the wrong end of the stick, L9F. National have been pushing the dairying line hard, until the payout started to go sour.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/bett...iticians-views
Since we all should know that the trickle-down theory is a crock, a lie, the tax cuts did only one thing. More money in the hands of the already wealthy. It didn't stimulate the economy as well as many other methods would have. High dairy payouts did to some extent (suppliers), but that didn't mean that dairy farmers threw income tax dollars at the govt, that was all worked out as per usual. Of course now they're looking for a bit of govt assistance, on the taxpayer. Maybe the taxpayer will get a share of their eventual tax-free capital gains?
Indirectly, everyone who gets on the landlord bandwagon strips a bit more enthusiasm from lower paid people, they take their cut plus wait for the capital gain in theory. Labour was trying to ensure that more people bought their own homes, that there were plenty of manufacturing jobs around. National has undercut the chances of many new enterprises getting established or growing further, because they are keener on supporting large fat-cat businesses. There are all sorts of roadblocks put up for partnership funding.
So yes, I'm miserable thinking about that, the waste of seven years, but that doesn't mean I'm not hopeful for the future. A future where John Key and the National Party get to sit on the opposition benches, where they belong.