The Taxpayers’ Union is calling out Opportunity’s
proposed methane trading scheme for what it is, a new
tax on New Zealand farmers.
Taxpayers’ Union
spokesman, Rhys Hurley, said:
“This is the fart tax
rising from the dead. Farmers fought it off once, and now
Opportunity wants to bring it back dressed up as a methane
trading scheme.”
“Call it a trading scheme, a
levy, or anything else you like, if farmers are forced to
pay for the methane their animals produce, it is a new tax
on farming.”
“Loading another tax onto Kiwi
farmers will only drive up costs and make New Zealand
agriculture less
competitive.”
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