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May 10, 2024
We have money for a Mega Prison, More Military and Landlord tax breaks – but not enough for the people
Waatea Team
Posted On May 10, 2024
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As we approach the Budget it seems our priorities and our values have somehow become warped.
We have $1.7billion extra to help build a Mega Prison, but not enough for kids to get subsidised public transport to get to school.
We have hundreds of millions more for the military while cutting back on education buildings.
We have $1.9billion for tax breaks to richest landlords but have gutted public services for that money.
MSD predicts these policies will push up to 13 000 kids into poverty.
Robin Hood stole from the rich and gave to the poor, this Government is mugging the poor to give to the rich!
Throwing 50 000 beneficiaries off welfare (including those with a disability) into a job market that is seeing unemployment rise because the Reserve Bank Governor is crashing the economy so middle class wealth doesn’t evaporate from inflation is fine if you have capital you can fall back on, but is disastrous is you are living week to week.
This Budget looks like it is being written for the rich, by the rich and in the interests of the rich.
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