Organisers of a petition to parliament to have GST removed from food say increasing GST to 15% will be bad for most New Zealanders.

The campaign to remove GST from food and tax financial speculation is being launched on Saturday 22 May, two days after National’s 2010 Budget, when a GST hike is widely expected to be announced.

The campaign for tax justice will be built around a petition sponsored by both the Socialist Worker (http://www.UNITYblogNZ.com) and the Alliance Party (http://www.alliance.org.nz), which requests parliament to:

1. Remove GST from food; and
2. Tax financial speculation.

Media spokesperson Victor Billot says soaring food prices, combined with a GST hike, will be devastating to New Zealanders already finding it hard to make ends meet. Read the rest of this entry »