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“I don’t think most New Zealanders looking at the crisis we are in, think that having less taxes to pay is the solution. I don’t expect to do that, I don’t think New Zealanders expect to do that.”
Peters said he believes National is trying to buy votes.
“Yes, I do. I think it is crude and extreme. It is not a recipe for saving this economy,” he said. “Bribes only work if people take the bribes, but they are not going to take the bribes because they are not going to vote for them.”
Peters said that’s not to say Kiwis don’t want extra money in their pockets.
“Well, of course I do. But if I had a referendum today among New Zealanders from all sectors of society, they would not think that consumption and indulgence are the way out of this group,” he said.
“There is only one solution here and it starts with ‘W’ and ends with ‘K’: work. Work smarter, work better, work more productively. That’s what we need to focus on.”
Peters also tested Labor’s plan to replace the PGF with its own $ 200 million Regional Strategic Partnership Fund to support regions in partnership with regional economic development agencies.
Union leader Jacinda Ardern said the Coalition Government allocated more than $ 3 billion through the PGF to drive growth in our regions, but any PGF funding that has been allocated to sectors but is not yet labeled to will be reviewed. a specific project.
“The PGF has provided significant support to our regions, but the fund was only resourced for three years. Now we want to learn from this support and work to develop a new approach to regional development.”
Peters said Labor is abandoning the regions.
“Labor’s announcement of a $ 200 million Regional Strategic Partnership Fund to replace the $ 3 billion PGF is not a ‘focused evolution’ of the fund but a simple evasion,” he said.
“It is a huge mutation of what has been a landmark success during New Zealand First’s tenure in government.”
The NZ First leader said “it’s not hard to discern” where Labor’s money will go: “Digging Dominion Rd for Labor’s unfulfilled dream of Auckland light rail, one of its signature mega-failures, along with KiwiBuild “.
National plans to remove KiwiBuild to pay for its tax cuts, in addition to suspending Super Fund payments and abolishing the free college policy.
Peters said Labor was “happy to cut the PGF ribbons, accept the applause and now prefer to cut their ties” with provincial voters.
Ardern said Labor’s “more specific $ 200 million fund” will support regions to implement their “customized” plans.
“Over the course of the next period, we will work with the regions to further develop and finance these plans, particularly in light of the recovery and reconstruction of COVID-19.
“A new Labor government will continue to offer a strong capital investment portfolio with $ 42 billion in projects that will fuel our already funded economic recovery and will be rolled out in the years to come.”
