Originally Posted by
SBQ
You're in Christchurch so possibly unaware of the staggering cost of the devastation caused in the top half of the North Island by the 2 cyclones, Cyclone Hale at Anniversary Weekend and Cyclone Gabrielle.
Estimates range from $13 - $50 Billion.
Around half the damage is to infrastructure, roads, bridges, power, water, communities cut off, the clean up, etc.
Then theres areas like Hawkes Bay where the horticultural industry is desperate for support or we could lose the whole industry, without govt support it may never recover.
Whose going to pay for the clean up of the forestry slash in places like Gisborne Tairawhiti, or the huge swathes of forrest in the central North Island, the erosion prone hillsides & cliffs in rural areas & even in cities like Auckland.
Does anyone really expect the govt to ignore all this ?
If anyone thinks tax cuts are a sensible & the govt to reduce the tax take at this time, they're completely out of touch.