The centrist parties tell us that only tiny tax cuts can be afforded at this time. Our tax is used to pay for government departments, state-owned enterprises, councils and quangos. There are 407 of them!
We pay on average more than 40% of our income if you include GST and other levies such as petrol tax. If the economic resession deepens into a depression, we the productive taxpaying sector are going to struggle to keep paying for all this.

PARTY LIST

Helen Clark says she "can't look the electorate in the eye and say that significant across-the-board tax cuts can be afforded while we still maintain our spending on areas that are critical to New Zealanders."

Libertarianz leader Bernard Darnton has some help for Helen: "How about starting with this list below and see which departments, boards, SOEs and quangos present some opportunities for large-scale savings."

Libertarianz suggests the vast majority could be gone by lunchtime.

Let's have feedback on what you think. Look at the list at http://libertarianz.org.nz/?libzpr=350