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Seymour targets Joyce in tax cut speech

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http://theclassichitz.blogspot.com/2017/05/don-jazzy-wizkid-sarkodie-more-listed.html Act leader David Seymour says National's "gravy train" is leaving the station. Photo/ Jason Oxenham By Audrey Young Act leader David Seymour is putting the boot into his favourite target, National Finance Minister Steven Joyce, accusing him of handing out "corporate welfare" for photo opportunities. "Steven Joyce in a lab coat, Steven Joyce beside a rocket, Steven Joyce wearing a VR headset - you get the picture in 3D," said in a speech on Act's latest tax cut policy and "public waste." Barely a day goes by in Parliament that Seymour, the Epsom MP and support partner to National, does not target National - and Joyce in particular. Seymour also slammed the $130 million taxpayer subsidies through NZ on Air for programmes such as The X Factor ($800,000), Mastermind ($685,000), Jono and Ben (1.7 million) and Find me a Maori Bride ($590,000). He said the $56 ...