Roman Travers: New Zealand can't afford tax cuts

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · May 15, 2024 · 2m

With any promise there’s always an element of wiggle room, misinterpretation, or perhaps reversing out at high speed.

Although I have huge admiration for anyone who keeps their word and sticks to a promise verbatim, the coalition government’s promise of tax cuts isn’t a promise I’m happy for them to keep.

Anyone who only heard that promise in the runup to the election and based their voting decision upon that one fiscal soundbite possibly has a dubious voting history. But then again, it’s promises like that which ultimately attract the low hanging fruit pickers to any party.

Yesterday, we…