Labour

The Treasury’s briefing paper underlines the poverty of National’s ‘recipe’ for economic recovery in New Zealand, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker.

“Under National’s economic settings, the country continues to get poorer,” David Parker said.

A claim by Prime Minister John Key and Land Information Minister Maurice Williamson --- that National had to allow the sale of the Crafar farms to Chinese interests because of the NZ/China free trade agreement which Labour had negotiated --- is plainly wrong, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker.

The National Government’s low expectations for the New Zealand economy, including flogging off precious state assets at below valuation, won’t help recovery, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker.

The National Government is beginning 2012 the same way it finished its first three years in office ---- with no real idea about how to create jobs and grow the New Zealand economy, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker.

The fiscal responsibility of the last Labour government has allowed New Zealand to support countries afflicted by economic crisis, rather than being forced to ask cap in hand for assistance itself, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker.

The substantial jump in mortgagee sales in the past quarter, showing Mums and Dads losing their homes, gives a more accurate picture about what’s happening to Kiwis than National’s assurances that we are over the hump of the bad times, says Labour’s Associate Finance spokesperson David Parker.

National’s latest empty promises on asset sales won’t convince voters, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe.

National is concealing its intention to sell off our farmland to foreign buyers well under the radar before the election, says Labour’s Economic Development and Associate Finance spokesperson David Parker.

“National is not just about selling our power companies, inevitably into foreign ownership,” David Parker said.

A laundry list of rehashed, reworked, and re-announced polices is the best National can do for the economy, Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe says.

“Despite its 120 point document National has managed to totally miss the point that New Zealand needs job creation and export growth,” David Cunliffe said.

If John Key was to sit his own asset sales test the result would be an epic fail, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe.