National would prefer to ladle out huge tax cuts to the already rich while students and workers go to the wall
Published Otago Daily Times, Wednesday 17 August:

National Finance spokesperson John Key says no interest on student loans means students will be spending more money on booze.
What a joke.
Most students probably could live for a month for the cost of one of the corporate dinners he attends.
National would prefer to ladle out huge tax cuts to the already rich while students and workers go to the wall.
Then Labour MP Trevor Mallard says that John Key received his education for free.
But so did Trevor Mallard.
Labour's interest free student loans election bribe is a cynical attempt to draw attention away from the fact they introduced user pays education into New Zealand.
The problem is not the interest.
The problem is student loans and a $7 billion dollar debt getting bigger by the day.
The Alliance policy is to scrap the student debt, introduce free education for all and have universal student allowances.
The cost of this will be partially covered by increasing tax on John Key and Trevor Mallard, and others on their income level.
- posted by Victor @ 12:40 PM