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Robertson said the bug raises the question of whether there are more flaws in National’s plan.
“National’s proposal is not only irresponsible when New Zealand needs stability and certainty, but they are showing that they lack the experience to manage the economy. There is no longer John Key or Bill English. No one who knows how to manage a budget would have made a basic error like this “.
But speaking after National’s campaign launch on Sunday, Collins says the mistake “means very little.”
“It’s actually more than 10 years,” he explains.
“It’s the difference between a debt-to-GDP ratio of 35 percent and 36 percent. That’s nothing compared to Labor’s 48 percent. Actually, it’s just a question of projections.”
National finance spokesman Paul Goldsmith said he apologized to Collins for the mistake, but Collins believes there is someone else who needs to apologize: Labor leader Jacinda Ardern.
“Jacinda Ardern should apologize for promising New Zealanders that $ 2 billion would boost the KiwiBuild program, that now 16,000 houses would be built and now there are 500,” he says.
“When we talk about this, it is better to remember, you know, 100,000 houses promised for Kiwibuild, child poverty, children who are told that the material difficulties for children would decrease significantly, has increased to 4000 children in three years. Just think of the state house waiting list.
“I think people understand that a mistake was made and that it was admitted and actually, I have no problem with that. The fact is, if everyone went through life thinking they could never make a mistake, no one really get out of bed in the morning. “
Collins adds that Goldsmith “feels very bad.”
“I didn’t have to say anything. As you can imagine … when I have really high performers and there’s a little mistake, you know what, they feel bad themselves and Goldy didn’t need me to tell him.
