Green Party staunches up on taxing the Mega Wealthy
Greens reveal campaign slogan, priorities, and call for end to ‘bloodsport politics’
The Green Party has laid out the three key planks of its election platform: tax reform, protecting waterways and energy reform.
At its annual general meeting in South Auckland on Sunday, the party also revealed its campaign slogan: “For All of Us.”
The two co-leaders Chloe Swarbrick and Marama Davidson spoke before a loud, enthusiastic crowd of around 150 at an auditorium at the Manukau Institute of Technology.
It was a noticeably young audience. Just 10 people raised their hands when asked if they joined the party under original co-leaders Jeanette Fitzsimons and Rod Donald. Another 25 people said they were newly-minted members.
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Very strong stuff here from the Greens.
Taxing the rich
Protecting our water
Reform Energy industry
This is real Government in waiting policy.
The issue isn’t the election so much as the negotiations after the election if Greens + Labour + TOP + TPM = 51%
The reality is we can’t afford the upgrades if we don’t tax the mega wealthy.
The reality is climate change and intensification will hurt our water and we need to protect that now.
The reality is our power industry is a joke.
The call to end the bloodsports of politics generated by social media hate algorithms will resonate with many voters and their pull towards youth is positive.
If the Kakariki MMP voting strategy comes out of Te Pati Māori next month, we will see candidate vote TPM and Party vote Green in the Māori Electorates and that could have real influence over the final result.
If Greens get leap frogged by NZF as the 3rd largest Party, they lose an enormous amount of mana.
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Great to see good policy that will make a difference to all of NZ not just bullshit small change like Nats new parents extra leave that is just a bloody joke like the tax cuts most never got .Not many can afford to have kids right now so once again it is aimed at small number of people and of no real use to all of NZ .