John MacDonald: Is no more taxes really what NZ needs right now?
Is National’s promise of no new taxes as good as it sounds?
If you ask Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown, he’ll say no. Because he’s been pushing for a bed tax for tourists and, yesterday, Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis announced that that won’t be happening under National.
Wayne Brown won’t be the only person upset, either. You ask anyone in tourism or local government and they’ll tell you that a bed tax is a no-brainer.
But, if you ask the banks, they’ll say no new taxes is brilliant. Because, as well as ditching the bed tax idea, National has dropped…
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