Originally Posted by
Blue Skies
Whoa, hold on, your outrage may be a bit misplaced.
The projected Govt contributions to the Superannuation fund are set by Treasury's NZ Superannuation Fund Contribution Rate Model which is always publicly available on Treasury's website. It's a formula so actual contributions are going to vary from year to year.
Goldie made a big deal of waiting till the PREFU came out to get the correct figures to base their economic policy on.
But he used the wrong figures & made a $4B mistake & claimed in his defence on ZB this morning, it's a big document with lots of figures!
C'mon Paul, are you saying it's too complicated for you ? replied a clearly scathing Hoskings.
Secondly, Goldie only admitted the mistake after Grant Robertson corrected the figures for him, he seems completely naive.
Judith & others in National feel very let down, as economic competence is the key plank of the election strategy.
It's such a terrible mistake, some are even asking if it was intentional to destabilise Collin's leadership.
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