Nationals general policies

I was interested to hear my inlaws on talk about their views on some of National's more general policies.

My father in law sees asset sales as another consumer tax, you sell your assets and you end up paying on every dollar you spend with that company. Unlike income taxes where your taxes go up as your income increases, or gst where the rate is fixed (assuming you don't claim personal spending back as a company expense, or spend overseas to avoid gst). Unlike those this consumer tax decreases as you spend more, with the biggest spenders getting discounted rates per unit. In other words a tax that hits those at the bottom the most, as by the time they pay the fixed rate they can afford very little on the higher variable rate. As with all taxes it shifts money from one group of people to another, in this case the people who have the most.

Mum and dad investors buying state assets, well we have seen real life examples where within a few years they're owned by a few large overseas factors, besides as my mother in law said, why should I buy what is already mine, paid for with my taxes and the money I've spent supporting the company through my bills.