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Corporate welfare takes flight in Kapiti

Published: Thu 14 Jun 2018 05:03 PM
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Corporate welfare takes flight in Kapiti
14 JUNE 2018
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Responding to Kāpiti Coast District Council’s decision to subsidise a private airline, Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson Louis Houlbrooke says:
“This is a classic case of corporate welfare. The Council has turned Air Chathams, a private, profitable business, into a charity case.”
“Regular flyers like Councillors and Chamber of Commerce members will benefit, but it will be at the expense of the general Kāpiti ratepayer, who is far less likely to get their money’s worth from these flights.”
“Air New Zealand clearly decided the airline was too expensive to maintain, but apparently good business sense goes out the window when it’s the council spending ratepayer money.”
ENDS

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