Prosser RichardRICHARD PROSSER (NZ First): I had no idea that a tax bill at nearly 10 o'clock at night on a Thursday could be so exciting. Perhaps it is just Budget fever. We have heard some very impassioned speeches from both sides of the House and I listened to Chris Hipkins make his contribution. I have always enjoyed listening to Chris Hipkins' speeches because he is a very good orator and I actually admire his style in asking questions as well. It is a very straight bat. The man knows his stuff and he says it passionately. But after that contribution honestly I felt like reaching for the cyanide pills. He was painting such a bleak picture of the country and its future—that this is terrible. And to cap it off I finished up with an image burnt into my brain of Chris Bishop's backside in a limousine. I am actually afraid to sleep tonight in case it comes back to me.But I think there is a difference in approach from what I have heard in speeches from the Labour quarter and from the National side of the House about this tax bill. And I am aiming to talk about the tax bill. I realise that the Budget speeches themselves will come later. But it appears that we have—from Green colleagues and Labour colleagues—a serious case of old-fashioned socialist envy: wanting to keep everyone down and let us bash the rich or whatever level you want to put that at. It is not aspirational for creating wealth. It is not aspirational for growing the economy. I would love everyone to be in the top tax bracket. Would that not be marvellous? If everyone was earning and creating wealth to the point that they could be in the top tax bracket that would be a great thing for the country. It would be marvellous.But actually this bill will not achieve that and it is not trying to. It is a cynical vote-buying measure from the National Government and that is fine. It will still deliver some benefits to the people it is aimed at and we will support it for that reason but it does not address the things that actually need to be addressed in the economy. It does not simplify the tax system for small and medium enterprises it does not promote adding value to raw materials it does not offer a 20 percent corporate tax rate for exporters and it does not aim to tax international corporates at the same rate that the people who genuinely create wealth in this country are paying. It does not do any of those things. It is a coat of paint over the rust but fortunately that is all it needs to be. It has to last only 4 months and then the next Government—the New Zealand First Government—will come in and sweep away the bad things add to the things that are moderately good and the future will be bright and rosy.I am not sure how much time I have left before the close of play. I am not intending on carrying on this reading tomorrow but I do want to touch on the accommodation supplement. It is a subsidy for landlords and largely foreign landlords and that is because this Government has not addressed the fact that the cost of housing has become untenable that there are not enough houses that rents are too high and that part of the reason for that is that too many people from offshore are allowed to buy houses here with pretty much unlimited money at pretty much zero interest. That needs to be addressed.However the fact that somebody who is paying too much rent as a proportion of their income can look forward to an increase in their accommodation supplement of maybe $100 a week—that is a great thing for them. So this is a good piece of the coat of paint over the rust which we are happy to support in that light. It does not fix the problems. It will keep things afloat until the New Zealand First Government led by the Rt Hon Winston Peters can come in and fix things properly but it is a reasonable stopgap and we will carry on supporting it. Thank you.