The Young Greens are calling on the Government to take advantage of their economic position to do more to improve Aotearoa’s environmental and social conditions.
There are 290,000 children that live below the poverty line, our teachers aren’t being paid enough, we have a mental health crisis, the housing and homelessness crises are still pervasive in our country, and the UN IPCC report released yesterday on climate change shows we need to act urgently to combat runaway climate change.
The Young Greens believe the Government is in a strong position to be able to take transformative action to address the crises we see in our society and our environment. With low debt levels, low cost of borrowing, and strong economic indicators it would be irresponsible to not take greater action on the issues that the Government acknowledges exist.
Read more:
https://www.younggreens.org.nz/2018/young-greens-call-government-act-fiscal-announcement/