Even Out of Government, Labour Want to Tax You More

Labour leader Chris Hipkins has come out in opposition to rates capping, despite rates bills soaring 43.69 percent since 2022.

Responding to this, Taxpayers’ Union spokesman James Ross said:

“As if trying to rob local control through Three Waters wasn’t bad enough, now Labour are taking another stab at ratepayers by trying to force them to swallow year after year of massive rate hikes. Labour’s obsession with big government and bigger bills clearly hasn’t gone away.”

“Despite years of people doing it tough through a cost-of-living crisis, Hipkins thinks stopping councils from bleeding families dry is a bad idea. But with 28,000 people already backing the Cap Rates Now petition, ratepayers clearly disagree.”

“Rates caps mean councils getting back to doing the basics well: roads, pipes, rubbish. Wasting ratepayers’ hard-earned cash on vanity projects and spin doctors has to stop, and rates caps are the answer.”