A New Zealand Paradigm

I want the National party to be the highest polling party at the election. Please don't think otherwise. But just because I want it so does not mean they should be criticised and scrutinised like any other party. This just made my blood boil.

Yesterday John Key said this about ACT's tax policy:

"National was not looking at "extremist" policies like Act...

Today he says this:

"...John Key wants New Zealand to adopt the low-tax model that Ireland used to transform itself into the "Celtic Tiger"...first-hand experience tells me it's a real winner," he said.

"Mr Key, the former head of investment giant Merrill Lynch's global foreign exchange operations, shifted a swag of business to Ireland in the 1990s to take advantage of the 10 per cent preferential tax rate which then applied for foreign investors in financial services. Ireland has since set the company tax rate at 12.5 per cent for all firms after a decade-long economic boom".

Is he serious?

One day he says no flat tax, the next day the Herald quotes him as saying he wants flat tax. In fact, he wants a flatter tax than ACT!

He must do better than this flip-flop within the space of two days!

Link.