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New Zealand's Cost of Living Crisis

New Zealand is in the midst of a cost of living crisis. Rents are up, mortgage rates are on the rise, the cost of food is up, petrol is up - but wages aren't keeping up. The Government isn't listening and every day Kiwis are going backwards. In this document ACT puts forward practical ideas and solutions.

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A Tax Cut for Every Taxpayer

ACT’s Real Change Budget would dramatically simplify the tax system so that it once again rewards success.

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The Real Change Budget

ACT has released an aspirational Budget for the future, for rebuilding, increasing productivity and growth. It’s the opposite to Labour’s approach of taxing people they don’t like and giving handouts to others.

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Tax relief for hardworking Kiwis

The cost of living is out of control and New Zealanders are feeling the pinch. Meanwhile, the Government is spending your money like it’s going out of fashion. Tax cuts are not just possible, but necessary. ACT’s fully-costed Real Change Budget shows how.

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Robertson admits spending causing inflation

“Finance Minister Grant Robertson has effectively admitted that out-of-control government spending is to blame for sky high inflation”, says ACT Leader David Seymour.

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No responsibility from Robertson

“Finance Minister Grant Robertson has shown he has no plan to reduce spending and takes no responsibility for the part he’s played in the cost of living crisis,” says ACT Leader and Finance spokesperson David Seymour.

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Government should put a moratorium on unnecessary projects

“The Reserve Bank is in uncharted territory, moving to triple shots when it thought doubles would mellow out inflation, but the Government has refused to change a single aspect of its approach,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

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Monetary Policy Committee needs to work right through

“A likely 75 per cent basis point increase in the OCR shows that the Reserve Bank has lost control of the situation, but astonishingly, they’re going to take three months off. They should schedule another meeting for early January, you can’t say the situation is critical then put it on autopilot for three months.

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Families expect inflation pain to continue

“The latest Household Expectations Survey from the Reserve Bank shows Kiwis expect inflation to bite even harder over the next year,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

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Bogeyman not found in Reserve Bank Review

“We seek him here, we seek him there, but the bogeyman the Reserve Bank tamed in 2020 cannot be found in its newly released five-year review. Instead, there is only a pile of debt and inflation for Kiwis to deal with,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

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Open Banking a win for consumers

“The Government has finally had a good idea around financial policy – but two years is a ridiculous amount of time to wait,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

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Orr reappointment shows Labour’s low standards

“Despite a term of poor leadership, poor focus and poor outcomes, Adrian Orr has somehow been reappointed for another term as Reserve Bank Governor,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

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Forget the banks, what about Inland Revenue’s huge profits

“Jacinda Ardern is quick to blame the banks for their record profits, conveniently forgetting about her government’s record tax take that has likely grown by twice the big four banks profits,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

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Ardern wrong, you can have it both ways

“Jacinda Ardern is wrong when she says tax cuts can’t happen because they’d be inflationary, she just needs to stop her addiction to spending,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

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Inflation up, business confidence down

“With Fair Pay Agreements being voted through today and inflation through the roof, it’s no wonder Business Confidence is down again,” says ACT Leader and Finance spokesperson David Seymour.

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Labour oversees biggest food price increase since GFC

“Kiwi battlers are continuing to pay the price of Labour’s economic mismanagement, with the past year seeing the biggest increase in prices at the checkout since the Global Financial Crisis,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

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COLP: Govt should accept all Auditor-General’s findings

“Revenue Minister David Parker should publicly commit to accepting all of the Auditor-General’s findings in relation to the Government’s shambolic cost of living payment,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

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Why didn’t you check COLP recipients’ residence before, Mr Parker?

"Only after a deluge of embarrassing news, where people all over the world got a Cost of Living Payment from taxpayers courtesy of Labour, has David Parker thought to ask the obvious question 'are you in New Zealand?' before giving out free money,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

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Road to recession as spending figures slump

“New Zealand is well on the road to recession as consumer spending slumped in the second quarter of the year," says ACT Leader David Seymour.

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Debt-laden Government decides to buy a bank

“If shareholders wanted out of Kiwibank it should have been floated on the open market, instead the Government is making it taxpayers’ problem,” says ACT’s Leader and Finance spokesperson David Seymour.

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$6 million on Reserve Bank website

“The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) has strayed so far from its purpose that it’s now spending millions of taxpayers’ dollars on a new website amidst a cost of living crisis,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

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RBNZ doth protest too much in 13 page mea culpa

“Less than an hour before Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr was due to be questioned at Select Committee he issued a 13 page mea culpa,” says ACT Leader and Finance spokesperson David Seymour.

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Govt splurge brings more mortgage pain

“Today more pain has been heaped on Kiwis already struggling with a cost of living crisis, it could have been avoided if the Government had disciplined its spending,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

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Poll shows Kiwis want ACT’s tax policies

“Today’s Taxpayers’ Union Curia Poll shows that Kiwis are overtaxed and want real change in our tax system, they will be pleased to know that ACT is the party proposing exactly that,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

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Homegrown inflation not going anywhere

“Inflation is not going anywhere because it’s homegrown, literally in the case of the latest food price increases,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

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