Gosche Mark: Future Directions (Working for Families) Bill — Second Reading 
Gosche Mark: Future Directions (Working for Families) Bill — Second Reading 
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Hon MARK GOSCHE (Labour—Maungakiekie) 
: 
 I was hoping that somebody out there might be listening to my speech but after that performance from Ms Rich there is no show of that. People will all have turned off their radios and gone back to bed and I do not blame them for doing so. They have just heard the revisiting of the class wars: the rich versus the poor. National Party members will abdicate responsibility and will all resign and let Paul Holmes run the country by telephone poll. That would be a lot cheaper than having those members over there on the Opposition benches being paid for doing nothing. So it is probably not a bad idea for them to rely on the  
Holmes 
 poll to come up with their policies. There was not one idea in the 10 long minutes of that speech on the bill from the Opposition spokesperson on social welfare. At least we know what the ACT party believes in. At least we can argue with its members about what is better for people based on ACT’s policy of a 20c in the dollar flat taxation rate. But with National we have a leader who— 
Hon Dr Michael Cullen 
: 11percent for that family in Waihi. 
Hon MARK GOSCHE 
: It would be 11 percent. Well that would pay for a lot of health services! People would not have to worry about getting their hips and their knees replaced. They would never get anything replaced under a National Government with an 11 percent taxation rate to give to the family in Waihi what this Government has given it. 
It is no wonder Don Brash is scratching his head and trying to figure out what to do. He has already committed the National Party to a policy of no tax cuts—none at all. The National Party says it will look after low to middle income workers but it does not have any policy that could be described as saying how it will do that. At least ACT says that on a 20c in the dollar flat taxation rate that family in Waihi would be $39 a week better off. The ACT party will go out there and sell that. Its members will say if people vote for ACT it will give them $39 a week. ACT will tell people not to vote for Labour because the miserable people in Labour will give them $150 a week which they do not need. ACT will say it is much better to have no health services and no education services and to be given 39 bucks for that as against the Labour - Progressive Coalition Government’s giving people $150. ACT will have to take another  
Holmes 
 poll on that one to see whether it has it right. Maybe ACT will figure out that it is wrong but we do not know that. 
Maurice Williamson will tell all the people in his electorate he is opposed to people getting $150 a week. He will tell them he knows what is best for them and they should not receive more for their accommodation supplement. Maurice Williamson will give them nothing. If people vote for Maurice Williamson he will give them nothing. But he will tell people not to dare to vote for the Labour - Progressive Coalition Government’s Budget. The National Party talks about ideology. Talk about dumb! National members are going to vote against this bill on the basis of ideology because it gives workers families and children over $50 a week when they are promising them nothing and ACT is promising them 39 bucks a week. I do not think I have to speak any more because those people over there on the Opposition benches have said it all for us.