Jones Shane: Taxation (KiwiSaver and Company Tax RateAmendments) Bill — Second Reading In Committee Third Reading 
Jones Shane: Taxation (KiwiSaver and Company Tax RateAmendments) Bill — Second Reading In Committee Third Reading 
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SHANE JONES (Labour) 
: 
 Overnight a deluge of patriotism has graced the pages of the media that has been upholding our Budget. Why? Because people have finally seen the light: if they stick with the other side of the House they not only will see their promises dashed but they will see economic confetti. People have confidence in this side of the House; they see that the Budget is not only addressing our more recent problems but laying down a pathway that they will be the first to ride upon. [ 
Interruption 
] 
National members have been told to come here be noisy and demonstrate that their greatest contribution at this tender stage of their career is to create noise and mayhem. Unfortunately for Mr Clarkson but fortunately for the people of Tauranga that noise as it rises is inversely related to the period of time he will spend in this House. It will be goodnight and haere ra for him. 
David Bennett 
: Look in the mirror! 
SHANE JONES 
: Our friend Mr Bennett came to the House mistakenly believing he could achieve a career by attacking our rangatira from Ngati Wai the leader of Aotearoa Tuatahi Winston Peters. We however have noted—and I am sure Winston has commented on—that the more Mr Bennett talks the more his head glistens. It is evident that the very healthy dosages of oil that he applies to his heavily lacquered head are not actually improving his prospects of recovering lost hair growth. His rhetoric and his intellectual contributions are as bald as his head. He is not like our other pakeke who is the salt of the earth a man of the land. He understands completely both ends of the dairy industry; the only one David Bennett from the Waikato understands is the udder he sucked on in order to get here. That is it—never a truer word has been spoken. That is why we actually do not fear Mr Bennett. We will lament however with the people of Tauranga that in a passing fit of foolishness they sent Mr Clarkson here. 
I turn back to the Budget. Every single thing that we have offered here we know National will ape. I am not talking about physiological characteristics; I am talking about patterns of behaviour once we get close to the next election. For the 18 months we have been here not one single original idea has flowed from the new people—not one. 
Steve Chadwick 
: Just tax cuts. 
SHANE JONES 
: Oh yes they have talked about tax cuts but when we do cut tax National is the first to vote against it. Secondly National members complain that people are leaving to go to Australia. Of course their rhetoric is adding to the reasons why those people want to flee. But we are providing a brilliant remedy that will cause many of those people to take up the stance of patriotism. That is what we have done and it has been covered in the newspapers. Savings are to be deepened thus building a wider and more handsome pool of capital to grow private enterprise and business. National members are just disappointed that this side of the House has been able to introduce a system that causes both employers and employees to accept the full range of their duties. 
David Bennett 
: Oh rubbish! 
SHANE JONES 
: Absolutely! They know that in the 1990s there was a bare Spartan approach that the market would take care of everything and employers owed no obligations to anyone other than the shareholders. Fortunately as a consequence of this Budget employers as time passes and once they are able to dismiss the confusion inside the rhetoric of the Opposition will gladly embrace their responsibilities. More employees will have a greater sense of security going forward. 
I look forward to this bill coming to the Finance and Expenditure Committee where I have no doubt that the more talented members on that side of the House will assume a very productive role. I refer to the rear members not the fore members. Kia ora tatou.