ELECTION 2020: ‘Don’t stuff the country’ – minor leaders make their pitch

ELECTION 2020: ‘Don’t stuff the country’ – minor leaders make their pitch
Paul McBeth
The leaders of the Act, Green and NZ First parties all acknowledged next month’s election will have long-ranging consequences for generations with the mountain of debt piling up to deal with the covid-19 pandemic. And all three agreed that the next government will need to decide how to recover from the pandemic and which opportunities to pursue in a vastly changing world. However, that’s where the alignment stopped, with Act’s David Seymour urging lower spending to repay debt, the Green’s James Shaw wanting to introduce a wealth tax along...

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