Greens want to spend, spend, spend

The Herald reports:

A leaked Greens discussion document reveals the party is gearing up to ditch its support of the self-imposed Government spending and borrowing rules, labelling them “arbitrary”.

The Herald has obtained a copy of a fiscal policy consultation document, sent out to members discussing a review of the Greens’ fiscal policy.

Within that review is a commitment to scrap the party’s support of some of the Budget Responsibility Rules (BRRs) – co-written by Greens co-leader James Shaw and Finance Minister Grant Robertson before the 2017 election.

Some of the rules have been highly controversial to Greens members, as they put a limit on spending and borrowing.

A limit on spending and borrowing. How terrible. Think if households had to cope with such a thing. I mean how dare you ever have a limit on spending.

Sadly I think both Labour and Greens will abandon fiscal restraint if they get a 2nd term. The only limit will be how much they can increase taxes by to pay for it all.