'Hi-tech' funding is more corporate welfare
Increased funding for the commercialisation of ‘new Kiwi hi-tech’ is just more corporate welfare, says ACT Leader David
Seymour.
“Under this Government, corporate welfare continues to rise. So far, Joyce’s programme of corporate welfare has included
payments for sheep given to a Saudi businessman, rockets launched off the Coromandel, and a boat-building company owned
by the world’s seventh-richest man.
“If Mr Joyce really thinks that investing in these businesses provides a good economic return, he should invest in them
with his own money and reap the benefits, without putting the overburdened taxpayer at risk.
“Corporate welfare now costs New Zealand households over $750 a year. Meanwhile, the Government says that the conditions
are not right to cut taxes.
“If the Government cut all corporate welfare, it could cut the corporate tax rate from 28% to 22.5%, or could abolish
the top income tax rate of 33%. Giving households and businesses their tax back will let them decide for themselves what
best suits their needs.”
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