We have received a tremendous response to our campaign for parenting to be given greater recognition by government. Supporters from across New Zealand - Northland, Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and the South island have emailed to indicate their support for Parents Choice and to wish us well with the campaign.
We have been asked many questions several times so I thought it would be helpful to cover off a few of them here.
We are not tied to any political party - we are independent. We hope to persuade a range of parties to support Income Splitting at the next election. At the moment only one parliamentary party has indicated its support for Income Splitting and that is United Future. We will be approaching representatives of the other political parties to ask them for their views and to see if they will consider Income Splitting as part of their election year platform.
Supporters have also asked how they can help. Apart from emailing us at parentschoice08@gmail.com and letting us know you support the campaign the next thing to do would be to write to the Minister of Revenue, Hon Peter Dunne MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington to let him know you support Income Splitting and want to see progress this year.
Other actions that could be taken are to right to your local MP or your local paper, or promote Parents Choice among other parents. We are also considering launching a petition. If you would be keen to help collect signatures then please let us know and we will be in touch.
Friday, March 14, 2008
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