(National Party media release)
Labour’s price hike at the fuel pumps this weekend will cause problems beyond the 29-cent spike, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says.
“Not only will Kiwis be hit by the $15 extra to fill up the tank of an average car, the price hikes will likely hit sausage rolls, bread, butter – and other basic food items that Kiwi families are already struggling to pay.
“Labour is ripping off this band-aid policy in one painful swoop. The Government has had months to unwind their knee-jerk policy solution, but it all comes crashing down tomorrow.
“The damaging follow-on effects of the price hike will likely be felt across the wider economy and hit household budgets hard.
“Worse, the inflationary impact will come at time when the recession is hitting home. We can expect this pain at the pump to damage inflationary expectations and keep interest rates high.
“There will be a slump from the pump and New Zealanders can look forward to a Black Saturday thanks to Labour’s inept economic management.
“National would address the underlying drivers of inflation by restoring discipline to Government spending; helping Kiwis cope with living costs by delivering income tax reductions of at least $960 per year for an average income earner.
“National will help drive New Zealand out of recession by backing businesses to grow.”
National will continue the plundering and transfer of wealth to themselves and the WEF . Not to be trusted for they are the NZ Corporate governments Right wing for when people get sick of the BS from the Left wing !
The two horse race / choice must end !
Nice sounding words by National but they will carry on the globalist agenda which will attack people in the lower socio-economic strata of society.
I don’t for one minute believe that Nicola Willis is that naive that she can’t see this economic mismanagement has been because Labour is incompetent, but a deliberate ploy under the guise of incompetence for the crushing of all people.
People will have to give the appearance of listening to a government, the party doesn’t much matter, but basically go it alone much like people did behind the iron curtain. A parallel society will develop and there may be some unusual bedfellows.
Try writing to her along those lines?
I have written to politicians in the past and have invariably received platitudinous replies or none at all. I remember there was a stoush between National and Labour about some part of the beehive having some flooring replaced. Labour was grousing about it so I wrote and stated that there was more at stake than some damn flooring, assuming of course the floor was not going to be gold.
I have also written to the government about energy supply and security and received a NPC reply.
The February 2022 protest made some impact and it may be that this is the way of the future, although sabotage has been used as demonstrated by the Kiri Allan saga whereby senior public servants have dropped her right in it.