PM’s fingerprints are all over this
The big gap between the rich and poor is holding back economic development and progress in New Zealand.
This was revealed in a report this week from the OECD, an organisation of 34 developed countries.
The Prime Minister told us in Parliament this week, when facing questions, that he has no responsibility for this gap, claiming the evidence is from the years before he became prime minister.
But he is wrong. The National government has done nothing that is bringing the poor anything near the rich.
Governments have been changing New Zealand substantially since the 1980s making life worse for many workers.
Privatisation of government departments has led to the loss of thousands of jobs, but there have been no new jobs created.
Under John Key more and more jobs have become casual. Many people are forced to rush between two jobs, many others are working one shift, going home, then having to come back for another shift. Many people are working part time but they desperately want full time jobs.
Mr Key now wants employers to have workers on contracts with no set hours. They will be at their beck and call. Some weeks they will have no work. Families can’t live on zero hours. Result: inequality
The gap between rich and poor grows because governments, like this one, think state housing should be sold and they think state house tenants should pay market rents.
Government likes John Key’s allow overseas investors to speculate on our property market – then they get to charge high rents, absorbing most of the income of lower paid workers. The rich get richer. Life gets tougher for the struggling worker. Result: inequality.
With National we have had a flood of migrant workers, workings visas, and foreign students working, who are all prepared to accept any wages and conditions just so they can live in a First World country. More competition for jobs, wages held down. The result: inequality.
The OECD says the widening gap between the haves and the have nots caused a massive loss of economic growth in New Zealand – the highest in the developed world.
It points out that the government can alleviate this by concentrating on the 40% of the population that is not getting their fair share from the economy, not just on those in poverty.
The Prime Minister still won’t take responsibility, yet the OECD says redistribution of wealth is one of the necessary solutions to closing the gap.
It was John Key’s government that cut the higher rate of tax.
The big gap between the rich and poor is holding back economic development and progress in New Zealand.
This was revealed in a report this week from the OECD, an organisation of 34 developed countries. The Prime Minister told us in Parliament this week, when facing questions, that he has no...
The big gap between the rich and poor is holding back economic development and progress in New Zealand.
This was revealed in a report this week from the OECD, an organisation of 34 developed countries.
The Prime Minister told us in Parliament this week, when facing questions, that he has no responsibility for this gap, claiming the evidence is from the years before he became prime minister.
But he is wrong. The National government has done nothing that is bringing the poor anything near the rich.
Governments have been changing New Zealand substantially since the 1980s making life worse for many workers.
Privatisation of government departments has led to the loss of thousands of jobs, but there have been no new jobs created.
Under John Key more and more jobs have become casual. Many people are forced to rush between two jobs, many others are working one shift, going home, then having to come back for another shift. Many people are working part time but they desperately want full time jobs.
Mr Key now wants employers to have workers on contracts with no set hours. They will be at their beck and call. Some weeks they will have no work. Families can’t live on zero hours. Result: inequality
The gap between rich and poor grows because governments, like this one, think state housing should be sold and they think state house tenants should pay market rents.
Government likes John Key’s allow overseas investors to speculate on our property market – then they get to charge high rents, absorbing most of the income of lower paid workers. The rich get richer. Life gets tougher for the struggling worker. Result: inequality.
With National we have had a flood of migrant workers, workings visas, and foreign students working, who are all prepared to accept any wages and conditions just so they can live in a First World country. More competition for jobs, wages held down. The result: inequality.
The OECD says the widening gap between the haves and the have nots caused a massive loss of economic growth in New Zealand – the highest in the developed world.
It points out that the government can alleviate this by concentrating on the 40% of the population that is not getting their fair share from the economy, not just on those in poverty.
The Prime Minister still won’t take responsibility, yet the OECD says redistribution of wealth is one of the necessary solutions to closing the gap.
It was John Key’s government that cut the higher rate of tax.
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