Key economics

Interviewer: Tonight we’re talking to Prime Minister Coy about his promise of tax cuts.
Coy: Good evening.
Interviewer: The country is asking about whether it can afford tax cuts right now.  In a recent poll, 79 per cent of voters said they would prefer the Government spend the growing surpluses on extra social spending or debt repayment, rather than on tax cuts.
Coy: Oh, we can certainly afford tax cuts.
Interviewer: Shouldn’t we be repaying debt:
Coy: We will because we can afford it.
Interviewer: Shouldn’t we be lifting the retirement age?
Coy: Why would we do that?
Interviewer: Because we won’t be able to afford our aging population.
Coy: We especially can afford it. Those people vote for us, you know. And we’re certainly not going to drop the super.
Interviewer: What about the billions  needed for Kaikoura?
Coy: We certainly can afford that.
Interview: And what about 148,000 children living in poverty?
Coy: We’ll pay for that too.
Interviewer: Or rebuilding New Zealand’s road networks.
Coy: Consider it done.  We can afford it.
Interviewer: Or creating agricultural resilience?
Coy: We’re going to invest billions in it.
Interviewer: There must be a massive surplus.
Coy: Like the treasury’s never seen.

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