Yes Damien you do have enough tax

Stuff reports:

Damien O’Connor, a senior minister at the centre of the climate change issue, started the week with a blunt assessment of the tax-climate issue. He told the red meat sector: “We probably don’t have enough tax in this country.”

In the 2017 Budget, tax was forecast to be $74.6 billion or 27.7% of GDP.

In the 2023 Budget, tax was forecast to be $123.2 billion or 29.7% of GDP.

Under Labour, the tax take has gone up by around $50 billion. The problem is that the Government has got terrible results for what they spend.