Hayes John: General Debate 
Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume 
Hayes John: General Debate 
[Sitting date: 22 August 2012. Volume:683;Page:4636. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
JOHN HAYES (National—Wairarapa) 
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 The crowd over there are shouting their heads off. Why? Because they do not want this country to hear the good news about John Key and the jobs he is creating. That is what is going on. I was in my electorate in the Wairarapa on Monday carting around a Russian. He was Russia’s equivalent of David Frost. His name was Sergey Brilev. I took him to Cameron Stuart’s dairy farm in Te Ore Ore near Masterton. As Sergey was watching 700 cows being milked by one man I said to Cam: “What do you think of this bugger Key? Do you think he’s doing a decent job?”. Cam responded: “John he is brilliant. I voted for him and I’m going to vote for him again. Why? Because he knows what he is doing. He is managing this country astutely. He is fiscally savvy John. We are going to vote for him because he’s creating jobs.” 
Why would anybody leave this country? Why are people saying that 50000 people are leaving this country? Because they can see this Opposition and they think: “What a pack of losers. Why would you stay here for that carry-on?”. 
John Key is about creating jobs. That is what he is doing and he is doing it in my electorate. He has created fiscal responsibility in Government. If I think about somewhere like Dannevirke I recall that under Helen Clark’s administration the Oringi meatworks closed down. It lost all its workers. Well along came Allan Benbow from Metalform in Dannevirke and now there are 100 employees in that plant and they are doing all manner of things. What is more Benbow and his company Metalform manufacture in Dannevirke—the manufacturing capital of the southern hemisphere—and have built over 1000 wheelchairs which they have exported to the States for US$25000 each. 
Under Helen Clark what happened in Norsewood in our area? We had a sock and jersey - making factory. What happened under Helen Clark? It closed and jobs were lost. What has happened under John Key? Norsewear is producing again it is back up making socks and it has 10 employees. Why is that? Because John Key and Bill English are doing a really good job. Why will people stay in this country? Because we have good public services. 
When I became a member of Parliament in 2005 30 percent of the constituents who came to my office in Masterton were complaining about the lack of health services. What has Tony Ryall done? I do not get one such visit a year now because Tony Ryall and the local district health board chief Bob Francis are doing a superb job along with Leanne Southey. They are creating an environment where really good services are being provided to the Masterton community. 
I see what is going on in areas like Greytown where I live where under Helen Clark the Bouzaid and Ballaben factory closed. What has happened now? Under the leadership of John Key and the financial situation he has created we have now got ourselves a new supermarket employing 50 people. That is 50 new jobs. 
Why are people wanting to work and come off benefits in this country? I will tell you why. It is because the after-tax wage is up 20 percent since 2008. We have the lowest inflation rate 1.3 percent since 1999 meaning that the everyday cost of living is going up more slowly—the slowest rate in 12 years. Interest rates as my colleague Maurice Williamson said are the lowest in 45 years. People are paying off their mortgages. Under John Key we have moved from spending $1.10 for every dollar earned which was the inheritance from Helen Clark and her colleagues. What are we spending now? We are spending 98c for every dollar earned. People are saving. They are paying off their mortgages. 
We have created 60000 new jobs in this economy in the past 2 years. Three-quarters of income earners are paying no more than 17.5 percent tax. Speaking of tax do we remember Labour back in 2009 and that fellow Nash its spokesperson on finance at the time saying that dairy farmers paid no more tax than pensioners? Well what use was that comment? It got Labour voted out of office. 
I am very proud to get up and stand to support this John Key Government. He is doing a superb job for the people of the Wairarapa.