John MacDonald: The tax arguments don't stack up
If I said to you, there was one thing all the political parties need to stop doing straight away, what do you think it would be?
One thing that pretty much every party is doing. The ones on the left. The ones on the right. The ones in the middle. They’re all doing it.
What do you think it would be?
It would be these ridiculous promises that, if they’re part of the next government, we’ll be paying less taxes.
They’re all doing it. We’ve got the Maori Party talking about no GST on fruit and veggies. Apparently, Labour is considering the same thing - it just hasn’t confirmed it yet. A stupid…
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