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He said New Zealand “cannot afford National and its bug-ridden budget.”
But Collins dismissed the fiscal hole as “completely inconsequential”, adding that the mistake “meant very little” as the calculations spanned 10 years.
Brownlee echoed those comments Sunday.
“Remember that these calculations are done over a 10-year period,” he said.
Brownlee said the situation has been a “massive beating.”
“I think a lot of journalists have fallen directly under the spell of Grant Robertson, who frankly hasn’t been doing a good job, he hadn’t been doing a good job before 2019 and I think he’s struggling a bit now. The last one wants to talk about how to stimulate the economy through temporary tax relief. “
That temporary tax break is something National promises if elected: People who earn between $ 60,000 and $ 80,000 a year would get between $ 2,500 and $ 3,500. People with lower incomes would get much less: $ 560 to $ 900 if you receive $ 50,000.
Robertson said Goldsmith is “making mistakes about the mistakes he made in his budget.”
