The Austerity Budget that leaves women out – Labour
“After a year of job cuts, now we are on to pay cuts and stealing from our kids’ retirement funds,” Labour Leader Chris Hipkins said.
“The Government has taken $11 billion that should be lifting women’s pay and used it to make its budget add up.
“Christopher Luxon’s decision to cut the Government KiwiSaver contribution will steal $66,000 from the retirement savings of an 18-year-old entering the scheme today.
“Women, young people and the working public are paying for handouts to landlords, multinationals and tobacco companies. Today we can add oil and gas companies to that list.
“With the cost-of-living pressure reaching crisis point, this Government is offering some families a measly $7 a week. That won’t even buy a block of butter.
“Last Budget Nicola Willis made a choice to borrow $12 billion for tax cuts which haven’t delivered for Kiwis. It’s time she took some responsibility.
“We don’t know if a single family has received the $250 she promised last year, so why should Kiwis believe her this this year?
“She is choosing austerity to make up for her poor fiscal management.
“More people are homeless, more children are going hungry and women are going to be paid less. That’s what Nicola Willis and Christopher Luxon will be remembered for,” Chris Hipkins said.
Jesus ,when is chippie going to learn that womens place is in the kitchen and the bedroom for mens pleasure .Why would any woman want to be the equal of their partner in life when they can just be treated like a dog every day and be greatful for that opportunity .Heel we have worked hard over a lifetime to have as much poverty as we can and a growing number of under privaledged kids in the community why would we want to advance women in the world .Hell there may be more like Willis and her current class of women and children haters wanting to get into government to increase the pain af being a woman ,a kid or a brown person .
Words have meanings and the definition of austerity is:
“difficult economic conditions created by government measures to reduce public expenditure.”
In fact, the budget doesn’t cut public spending – it allows for a slight increase.
All fair points, but next time you get Chippie on the Bradbury Group, how about raising the points Tadhg Stopford raises in his articles and ask Chippie what Labour plans to do about all the maladministration of the last 40 years.
easy bro vote brown and green even Hooten thinks TPM have good policy that makes fiscal sense .
As an environmentalist there is no way I can vote Green, but I will be voting TPM.
The point is the Greens and TPM ain’t going to be governing alone any time in the next 50 years so Labour need to get on board or else be replaced with someone who can see the light.
Chippie will be good for centrist and right wing voters. A Tory glory lefty who knows what to say.