No not the one with Winston Peters, the one with Hipkins.
He has planted Labour in an almost impossible-to-justify position on NZ Super.
On Ryan Bridge Today yesterday he said Labour will not change the age of entitlement. Will not means-test. Will not cut it. Will keep it in full indefinitely.
We currently have around four people working to support every pensioner. That will be two workers for every pensioner within the next 10-20 years.
Anyone with half a brain can see it's not sustainable, in full, forever.
I recall following Phil Goff on the campaign trail in 2011 (hospital pass).
He was all about 'making the hard decisions for tomorrow, today'.
Well Chippy is running from that motto quicker than Usain Bolt in a pair or Nikes.
What he's doing here is making a pretty blunt political assessment. This will win us some working class votes and keep us competitive with Winston and National.
He's going after labourers who can't wait till 65 to retire, let aloe 67. He's going after low-wage workers who can barely afford groceries, let alone an extra 3.5% on compulsory KiwiSaver.
You could argue that's smart politics. Pick a point of difference. Hammer it home.
The risk is massive though. Labour's biggest Achilles' heel is taxes.
telling people, you'll keep an unaffordable expensive, universal programme forever will leave them wondering who's going to pay for it.
Who'll be taxed next.
Once you add in the pay equity claims at up to $13-billion, the gaps start to look more like big black holes.
Ryan Bridge is a New Zealand broadcaster who has worked on many current affairs television and radio shows. He currently hosts Newstalk ZB's Early Edition - where this article was sourced.
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The left have no soul. They are ideological liars. Napkins will promise stuff and then not do it. Its their cognitive processes that are fundamentally flawed as the leftie is too wrapped up in 'feelings ' and 'woke ideology ' as opposed to reality. There is not a competence cell in their being.
Here's what will happen if the loonies get back in: taxes will rise, govt departments increase, efficiency decreases, the country grinds to a halt, good people leave, dole queues grow, the lefties are in heaven, there are more puberty blocking programs in schools than maths and english classes put together, more good people leave, crims are loving it, certain race based criminals can not go to jail, no matter what they do, more are let out of jail, after all, what could go wrong letting these poor crims out of jail?, more good people flee, less money for tax collect, economy slows even further, never mind yells chippy, im borrowing billions, and the printer is also printing billions, inflation spirals out of control, more people leave, taxes go up, they have to to support the welfare state the left love so much, dependant on the state - thats the key to the left thinking, more good people leave....hang on, wait.....there is not many left, just pensioners and unemployed crims. Can a leftie tell me in this situation who supports who?
Dont think this will happen, just look back at the last left govt.
I think you will find Usain Bolt always wore Puma, otherwise spot on about Hipkins.
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