McLay is one of those politicians who always makes me fully aware of how lucky we are to have people in the Beehive looking out for us. Brave, noble, caring compassionate, smart, ah, wait, hold that last one. In his latest release, McClay says

“Inland Revenue oversees collection of around $55b each year and the 7,000,000 registered taxpayers can expect value for money service which is modern and takes account of a changing business and tax environment. “

That cannot be right. With only around 4.5 million people in the country, and only about half of them at working age, how can we have 7 million taxpayers? Wish their was. My share of that $55 billion spent on important issues (such as referenced in the posts below) would be a lot less.