Mike's Minute: Government gets further out of touch

Best of Business · May 2, 2023 · 2m

I think Carmel Sepuloni gave us enough yesterday, didn’t she?

Along with previous comments from Megan Woods and Chris Hipkins we can conclude that some sort of tax attack is coming from this Government as part of their re-election bid.

My gut says their approach will go down in history as one of the most ill-conceived/mad hat ideas of the modern political era.

A Government in a recession with a myriad of social and racial issues at play, adds to their burden by trying to convince New Zealanders that paying yet more tax is a good idea.

Of course, what's coming is either a new top tax rate, my…