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Ardern is an arsonist

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Richard Seager
Jul 20, 2022
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This was originally posted June 29th, 2022 but deserves another airing now that the bad actors to my blog have retired to nurse their wounds.

Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry and wines etc

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New Zealand earns about 50 billion NZD a year from its agricultural, horticultural and forestry exports or 80% of NZ’s total exported goods. It employs up to 15% of New Zealand’s workforce. We currently rely on this industry in this country.

"New Zealand's primary sector exports reach a record $46.4 billion".

So what does Ardern’s Government do? They set out to hobble the industry. Via land confiscation, making farmers the enemy (also see James Shaw below) and now, a ‘Cow tax’1

“Australians should be worried about Ardern’s so-called ‘backdoor cow tax’ which is designed to hit farmers for the emissions produced by their cows and sheep.”

But not as …

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