政府新财政预算对新西兰民众是一记重击
工党领袖 大卫•谢尔 (David Shearer)

刚出台的新预算是对无数勤力劳作、希望有所发展的新西兰民众玩赌场老千手法、欺骗了他们。

这个政府已到其执政的第五个年头，他们忘记了无数勤奋工作的新西兰民众才是我们国家的脊梁、是我国经济前行的动力。可是年复一年，他们只是让国人凉透了心。

这是一个只为有钱人和权势阶层打算的政府。他们将既得利益利益放在所有新西兰人的利益之上。

又一次，国家党要靠拱手出卖我们的国有资产来解决本国经济问题。但是这份预算显示：到2017年之前，新西兰财政每年都要比前一年递减4900万纽元。而这还没将出售我国电力企业带来的损失计算在内。

今年以来政府一直在造势增加人们的期望值。他们声称会着手解决适用房危机以减缓初次购房的买主们的压力。而他们所做的一切无非只是重复开出对地方政府资源审批施压的空头支票。

该是回归真实的时候了。只有采取工党的计划而为新西兰人建造10万幢适用房才能真正改变现状。

国家党还故意为媒体的猜测添火加炭――让外界以为政府将为解决发生在自己眼皮子底下的21%新西兰儿童的贫困问题有所作为。可是，他们只是开发一堆的主意和试验项目,而这些是不能喂饱今天饿着肚子上学的孩子们的。

国家党治下，新西兰人面临的是一个黑暗的未来。这个政府有的是5个财政年度赤字记录垫底，现在他们号称2014/2015会勉力挤进盈余好局。他们将只好通过超额征收ACC费用及增收汽油税。失业率将仍旧要超过5%，而今后5年的经济增长则将停滞在平均一年2.5%左右。

这就是“只能看不能碰”的新预算。这个预算证明国家常已经放弃努力了。里面有太多的试水，太多的关于在遥远未来的某时某刻有所建构的展望和口号。

这份预算里没有任何可以让勤奋工作却渐失希望的新西兰人改变生活面貌的举措。唯有一个工党政府才有勇气为全体民众推行大变革而让我国经济起死回生。
（霍建强议员办公室 供稿）

SHEARER
Labour Leader
 
16 May 2013                                               MEDIA STATEMENT
Government delivers a ‘blackjack’ Budget

National has delivered a ‘blackjack’ Budget that stacks the deck against the millions of New Zealanders who work their guts out every day trying to get ahead, says Labour Leader David Shearer.
 
“For the fifth year in a row, this Government has forgotten the millions of hard-working Kiwis who are the backbone of this country and the engine of our economy.  Budget after Budget, this Government has promised a brighter future. But year after year, they let New Zealanders down.
 
“This is a Government for the well-heeled and the well-connected. One that puts vested interests above the interests of all New Zealanders.
 
“Once again, National is relying on flogging off our assets to solve our economic problems. But the Budget shows that in fact by 2017, the country will be at least $49 million worse off every year. And that doesn’t take into account the costs of selling our power companies.
 
“They ramped up expectations this year. They claimed there’d be relief for first-home buyers and that they’d tackle the affordable housing crisis. But all they’re doing is repeating their hollow promise to get tough on councils over resource consents.
 
“It’s time to get real. Only Labour’s plan to get stuck in and build 100,000 affordable houses for Kiwis will make a real difference.
 
“National also fed media speculation that it would help the 21 per cent of our kids living in poverty under their watch.  But all it’s doing is exploring ideas and piloting programmes. That won’t feed the kids who are going to school hungry today.
 
“New Zealanders face a bleak future under National. They’ve had five deficits in a row and now they’re predicting they’ll just squeak into surplus in 2014/15. And they’ll only get there by overcharging for ACC and taxes on petrol. Unemployment will stay above 5 per cent. Growth will sit on an average of just 2.5 per cent a year for the next five years.
 
““This is the ‘looking but not touching’ Budget. This is the Budget that proves National has given up. There are lots of trials, lots of looking at ideas and claims of building momentum sometime in the distant future.
 
“There’s nothing that will change the lives of hard-working New Zealanders who are losing hope. Only a Labour Government has the courage to make the big changes needed to make the economy work for all Kiwis,” said David Shearer.