I Wonder If ...................................?

I wonder if a hint of National's taxation policy might have been seen in the policies of the Maori Party. It would be very clever politics for the Gnats to pinch a bit of their wish list - kinda like a Christmas present around October. Should be worth quite a bit of the Maori electorate's party vote.

'Social policies are aimed at eliminating child poverty by 2020 - including no tax on the first $25,000, removing GST on food and increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour. It also wants business tax lowered to 25 per cent for small businesses to help small Maori enterprises grow.'

If I were John Key, here's what I'd have Bill English announce on Wednesday:-



"We've just seen the Labour Party wimp out with their pathetic excuse that they won't release their economic policy yet because of 'international turmoil.

Well, somebody needs to tell Helen Clark and Michael Cullen that there will be 'international turmoil' aplenty up to and well beyond the election date so they'd better come out of hiding and actually tell New Zealanders what they are going to do to fix the disastrous mess they and they alone have created by their outrageous and unchecked spending and overtaxing of the last nine years. Until they do, the National Party will not release any policy specifics.

In the meantime I'm pleased to confirm National will introduce substantial and immediate income tax cuts, over and above those contained in the 2008 budget. Substantial tax cuts are by far the most important stimulus for a revival of economic growth and we know how to deliver them in a way that is fair fo ALL New Zealanders.

Until Labour stops playing silly games with New Zealand's voters we will not give them the opportunity to steal our innovative and forward looking policies. They are for us to know and for them to learn."