"... When you don't have enough money to buy yourself a coffee, the person running that small business making coffees doesn't get that income, so ... there's a contracting effect. Every time the government reduces the ability of people to earn money, that has a flow-on effect, affecting everybody."

#RachelMackintosh, National Secretary, E tū Union, 2025

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mata-with-mihingarangi-forbes?share=f95324c4-276f-4f4c-ae14-d95b75c546ba

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