Labour’s cornerstone policy is missing its cornerstones

Chris Hipkins calls Labour’s Future Fund a ‘cornerstone' policy, but Labour can’t answer basic questions like how many jobs it will create, what it will cost, or even which assets would be dumped into it.

Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson Tory Relf said:

“If Labour doesn’t know what assets are going in, how many jobs it creates, or what the numbers look like, how are voters supposed to know whether they can afford it? This is not some minor detail buried in the fine print. It is the whole policy.”

“First it was commercial sensitivity, now it is Treaty obligations. Labour keeps changing the excuse, but the problem is the same: they want voters to sign the cheque before seeing the bill.”

“New Zealanders know Labour like to tax more and spend more. The least they can do is be upfront about the cost before asking voters to trust them with the country’s credit card.”