Monday, April 26, 2010

Where Phil stands

Phil Goff made an appearance on TV3's The Nation on Saturday. Among other things, he confirmed that:

  • Labour will NOT roll back any increase in GST - whatever happened to Axe the Tax, we wonder?
  • Labour will restore the top personal tax rate to 38%
  • Labour will be happy to work with Winston Peters if, God forbid, he returns to Parliament in the 2011 election
All we can do is commend Phil Goff. He has drawn a clear line in the sand between Labour and National. He's happy to spend precious taxpayer dollars campaigning against something which he doesn't plan to address. He has obviously had a lesson in Politics of Envy 101 from Michael Cullen in that he plans to penalise those who DARE to earn at the top tax rate.

And here's the slammer; Phil Goff will give Winston Peters his Ministerial limousine back. Prior to the last election, John Key categorically ruled out working with the Snake-Oil Salesman from St Mary's Bay; we liked that. But we know now that a vote for Labour is a vote for Winston Peters.

Thanks Phil; it's good to know where you stand.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

An original thought would be nice, rather than a cut and paste from the penguin.

pdm said...

So we know two things:
1. Phil Goff does not like Rich Pricks.
2. Phil Goff does not want to be and never will be Prime Minister.

Finally that comment by Anon at 6.49 is inane

Anonymous said...

While your "thoughts" pdm could have been made by Socrates himself (if he was mildly retarded).

pdm said...

Are you the same anon that I suggested `go forth and multiply' last week?

Inventory2 said...

To be fair Anon, the Penguin cut and pasted what the Whale had posted the previous day! But neither referred to Winston Peters as the Snake-Oil Salesman from St Mary's Bay, so there's your original thought!

Adolf Fiinkensein said...

It keeps getting better. Now the filigree opposition leader wants John Banks in his cabinet when he becomes PM. See this morning's Herald.

Anything for attention. I wonder when he's going to throw his bowl of junket over Nanny!

Ha ha ha. Your captcha is so close to the mark. 'ansole'

CB said...

This from Goofy today:

"If there's going to be tax cuts they should go to the middle and lower income earners, not simply the privileged elite," he said."

Senior teachers, principals, Doctors, nurses, plumbers and electricians are now part of the privileged elite.

Well fuck you Phil Goff.

Excuse me while I get into my Maserati and whizz on down to the marina to stock up the Moet before heading off to the bach to plan the 6 month sojourn in the south of France. Can do a lot on $75K these days Phil you arse.

Inventory2 said...

Couldn't have put it better myself CB. $75k was a good salary when Cullen whacked up the top tax rate after the 1999 election. These days, it's little more than average. No-one's going to get rich on $75,000 pa.