Willis: Labour's spending plans would add $100 a week in tax per person

National finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says Labour's plan to raise government spending to 33 percent of GDP — the total value of everything the economy produces — would cost each New Zealander $100 more in tax weekly. Willis made the claim at the Politik election summit on 26 August, challenging Labour's Barbara Edmonds to explain how the party would fund its spending commitments.