That was Then, This is Now #23 – Bolger breaks election promise AND predicts the future!

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• National Party leader Jim Bolger: promised to repeal gst – tick
• National Party leader Jim Bolger: predicted Labour would increase gst – tick
• National Party leader Jim Bolger: broke promise to repeal gst – tick
• Labour: raised gst to 15% – cross*
• Prime Minister John Key: promised not to raise gst – tick
• Prime Minister John Key:  broke promise and raised gst  to 15% – tick

So, who has a better track record at keeping promises?

* Gst was raised to 12.5% in 1989.

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Previous related blogpost

That was Then, This is Now #22 – Lowest wages vs Highest wages

References

The Dominion: Bolger on gst attack

Fairfax media: Key ‘no GST rise’ video emerges

NZ Herald: Budget 2010: Income tax slashed, GST to 15 pc

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This blogpost was first published on The Daily Blog on 25 February 2014.

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