Budget 2020's $50 billion spend - how will we pay for it?
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English - May 15, 2020 05:14 - 2 minutes - 2.31 MBNews Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The day after the government debuted its Big Spend Budget - with a $50 billion war-chest at its centre - the focus is now shifting to how New Zealand will pay for it.
Debt is set to skyrocket over coming years as the government grapples with Covid-19 - and the Opposition says, with Labour in charge, that means higher taxes.
RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch reports.