Commenting on Finance Minister Nicola Willis’s
announcement of a $1 billion cut to the Government’s
operating allowance, Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager
James Ross said:
“Cutting the operating allowance is
a good start — but with the books this bad, a slow march
won’t cut it. Taxpayers need a full
sprint.”
“New Zealand is now running the worst
primary deficit of any advanced economy, and government debt
has exploded from $59 billion in 2017 to a projected $192
billion this year. Every dollar of new spending needs to be
matched by savings — not a cent more.”
“If the
Government can’t set the operating allowance at zero this
year, it must lock it in for Budget 2026. Anything less is
just kicking the can toward a cliff.”
“Taxpayers
deserve a government that lives within its means, not
politicians who keep maxing out the country’s credit card
and handing them the
bill.”
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