Bennett DavidHon DAVID BENNETT (National): Thank you Madam Speaker. This bill is the result of a Budget that has its centrepiece in an increase in benefits. This is a good Budget for the National Party because it shows New Zealand the true intent of that Labour Party. It shows New Zealanders—if they didn't already have a wake-up call—as to what that party intends for the New Zealand economy and it is an economy that is bound to fail now. This economy cannot survive the three years of this Labour Government and the economic policies they will put in front of us. I actually think good on the Labour Party for actually doing what they think because the more they do that the more New Zealanders will lose jobs in the end the more New Zealanders will have increased housing prices and the more New Zealanders will realise what a failure that Government and their economic policies will be.This is not something new that is just being traversed in this Parliament today. We're not looking at a glorious Labour Party that has worked out the economic solutions for the world. That is not what we're seeing here to the public of New Zealand. What we're seeing is a Labour Party that honestly believes in socialism. The Prime Minister's speech at the end—she said it was a matter of dignity. It wasn't a matter of economic support. It wasn't a matter of helping people to get a future for themselves. It was a matter of dignity because I am a socialist at heart and I believe this and they need to follow me. You need to follow me and understand that I am right because socialism works and the Labour Party understands what people need. They understand how to solve the issues of the world."Those people there have never earned anything in their life are lucky to be in this place and most of them won't be in this place at the end of the three years because what will happen as a result of this is there will be a major tidal event in New Zealand politics where the Labour Party will be destroyed and it will be destroyed for decades because they haven't learnt the lessons of the past. And the lessons of the past are that big Government socialism and a Government that thinks it knows best always fail. That is the history of the world. It is a history that we are doomed to repeat a history that every other country in our region is not doomed to repeat because they are smarter more successful and are saying no to those ideals. The Australians have said no to those ideals. The Americans have said no to those ideals. The Canadians are saying no to those ideals. And what is more important everybody that we want to trade with in our region never even thinks of believing in those ideals. The Asian communities that we want to trade with believe in capitalism and the right of individuals to get out there and make some money and to go for it. This is a Labour Government that is using the cloud of COVID to create an environment where they can bring about social and economic change that they see is their great job to do. They have never gotten over the fact that New Zealand changed its economic position 30 years ago. It actually adopted an economic philosophy that every country in the world now follows. Even the most autocratic Governments in the world do not have socialism anymore. Hon Member: North Korea.Hon DAVID BENNETT: There is no autocratic Government in the world that believes in the socialist—oh maybe North Korea. But apart from that there is none. Even the most savage leader of the world that could take over his or her own country does not—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): Order! Order! Order! The member will resume his seat. Second reading is slightly wider in scope than a first reading but I would suggest that members stick to matters to do with the broad intention of the bill and the broad principles of the bill. Then the member's speech and all other members' speeches will be within scope.Hon DAVID BENNETT: Thank you Madam Speaker. I was just going to get on to that because when I looked at the first page of the Budget speech what do I see as the second line? Today's Budget is to deal with what happened 30 years ago. Then I go to the next paragraph: today's Budget is to deal with what happened 30 years ago. I go to the fifth paragraph: today's Budget is to deal with the inequitable changes 30 years ago. The first page of their Budget is all about how they want to throw out the reforms of 30 years ago. It's not just the reforms of 30 years ago; it's the reforms since then. It's the reforms every other country has done around the world. Is the genius of Jacinda Ardern the genius of David Parker the genius of Damien O'Connor the genius of Willie Jackson and the genius of Greg O'Connor going to mean that we have a better economic system than any other country in the world? No way! They are leading New Zealand to failure. They are leading New Zealand to a position that will hurt the very—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): Order! Order! Order! I've warned the member that the purpose of a second reading is to explore the broad themes of the bill and broad principles contained in the bill. I'm accepting a bit of latitude but unless the member sticks more broadly to the bill I will have to warn him further.Hon DAVID BENNETT: Madam Speaker the broad theme—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): No the member will resume his seat. I have ruled.Hon DAVID BENNETT: The bill talks about the tax system in relation to a benefit change that we have seen today in the Budget. We heard the Green Party talk about the need to look after beneficiaries. That's their whole purpose of being in this House if I get it right you know? We heard David Parker talk about his great plan of how he's going to change housing prices but in essence the very people that this bill is about—you know the beneficiaries that will be the ones that they are saying they're looking after—are actually the people that will be most hurt from the economic policies that this bill represents. This bill represents economic policies that will destroy the New Zealand economy. They will destroy the private sector and the private sector pays the bills for the social spending of this House. The day we forget that and the day we think that there is some socialist utopia where we can just sit there and move money around and we can actually solve the problems of the world is the day we do a disservice to the beneficiaries of New Zealand. That is what is happening in this bill today. It's great for the National Party because it is showing the failure of the Labour Party and how the Labour Party will take this country down. We see it with all their policies that they've done this year. They're taking a very arrogant approach to their economic credentials and that will destroy the New Zealand economy. What we are doing is we are standing up for ordinary New Zealanders that want to see a prudent Government. If you look at the Australian Budget guess what they did! They put down iron ore at $50 instead of $250. Even though they're getting $250 in the market at the moment they had a prudent Budget. There is no prudent Budget here today. What we see is a Budget that is based on ideological principles—ideological principles that have shown to fail time and time again. The great socialist experiment that New Zealand is entering into will be a failure. It will be the end of the Labour Party. It will be the end of those Labour MPs that came in last time. They better enjoy it; they've only got three years. It's going to be the last of the Labour Party. Then we can see the end of socialism. We can see the end of a Labour Party that has no right to govern in this country because it is out of touch with New Zealand. It is out of touch with the world and it's out of touch with where we want to go. Look at how out of touch they are. David Parker in his speech talked about consenting—because there's 40000 consented houses there will be no increase in rent. Well how does that work? How does that work? Should we consent 100000 houses and then rent will halve? Is that what's going to work? You know it's great economic theory isn't it? You know maybe you should write a book about it? Maybe he should explain his economic theory because the 40000 consented houses are going to make jack difference to rent David Parker. What will make a difference to rent is if the productive part of this economy is belted time and time again and we have an economy that's based on a party that thinks it can just redistribute income and it knows everything. And it does it with dignity and with heart because it is right and the rest of the world is wrong. The history of New Zealand is wrong and all economic history is wrong under them."