Press Release

The People's Choice Party NZ

The budget gave us Peter to pay Paul tinkering in an attempt to balance the books.
But it gave us no economic tools or vision on how to move the economy forward.

For example the government still gives out free interest loans to students on the pretence that they are our future.When most of that invested education goes offshore to enrich other nations, leaving New Zealand with a ten billion plus IOU. This money would be better invested in our primary export industries to help them be more compliant with future markets. It is these industries that build our economy earn foreign exchange and pay of debt. Dairy Farmers for instance are faced with many costly environmental challenges that need to be addressed. Among them are nitrate leaching into our waterways and the ETS. This will require the dairy farmer to implement costly environmental on farm management practices to comply. These include farm mapping, riparian planting and fencing off of waterways, on farm effluent dry pads and new regulative standards for effluent ponds, tree planting and soil nutrient management plans. The government to build the economy and reduce debt should be focused on making available free interest loans to farmers, to help farmers implement and pay for these extra environmental on farm requirements. This will give New Zealand farmers the environmental edge needed over their competitors and enhance New Zealand’s vital clean green image. It is our primary export industries like dairy that will pull New Zealand out of debt and supply the finance required for New Zealand’s future needs; this includes hospitals schools roads and jobs not budget Peter Paul tinkering.

Rusty Kane
Leader of The People's Choice party NZ.

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