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工党国有资产事务发言人克雷顿•柯斯格罗夫指出：大多数纽西兰人根本买不起被政府卖掉的国有资产股票。 数据分析显示中等收入的新西兰家庭只有1700元用于储蓄，因此要买大河电力的股票就会令他们捉襟见肘
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数据分析显示中等收入的新西兰家庭只有1700元用于储蓄，因此要买大河电力的股票就会令他们捉襟见肘。大河电力是这批国有企业中首家上市的。
股权被选择性地集中在少数人手里是非常危险的。
财政部长比尔•英格里希声称大河电力的股份会被广泛持有。但是根据以往Contact Energy 能源公司的经验，英格里希说这话无异于做梦。
Contact Energy 1999年上市最初引发股民追捧，有22.5万个人买了这家公司的股票。而仅在3年之内它的持投者只乘下一半，13年过去了，它的股东比最早少了三分之二――只有7.8万人。公司75%的股份落到少数股东手里，其中澳州的Origin Energy能源公司控制了Contact 51%的股份。
国家党政府与现实脱节了。他们竟估计这些股票可以遍地开花。
7月5日，比尔•英格里希说更多新西兰人可以投资国有资产。他告诉媒体的“早间报道”记者，说虽然新西兰人“可能银行里只有1700块钱，但是……这种类型的投资给他们带来比拥有房产容易的成为东主的机会”
可是存在银行里的那些钱是为救急的。财政部长的高薪当然让他可以花起钱来随心所欲，但是绝大多数新西兰人存些钱却是为了应付孩子生病、修车等不时之需。
英格里希还说：“多数新西兰人才不会意识到他们是政府所售国有资产的主人，所以把股票卖给KiwiSaver基金或通过股市运作能给他们带来更直接的参与感。”
英格里希再次与现实脱节了。民调一直以来都表明80%的新西兰人反对出售他们已经拥有的国有资产。英格里希不应该再拿老百姓当傻子耍。
许许多多新西兰人正为维持基本生计苦苦挣扎。所以就算他们有心买入这些股票――为了把这些资产留在新西兰人手里――他们也无力加入这支股民队伍，更不用说成为第一批拥有这些股票的人了。（霍建强议员办公室供稿）
Clayton COSGROVE Spokesperson for SOEs
5 July 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Kiwis can’t afford to join the queue
Buying shares in the Government’s sell-off of state assets would break the bank for most New Zealanders says Labour’s State Owned Enterprises spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove.
His comment follows an analysis of figures which show the median Kiwi household has only $1700 in savings and would be struggling to buy shares in Mighty River Power, the first of the SOEs to be floated.
“The concentration of shares in the hands of a select few is a very real risk,” Clayton Cosgrove said.
“Finance Minister, Bill English, claims there will be widespread ownership in Mighty River Power. But if the state of Contact Energy is anything to go by, English is dreaming.
“When that company was floated in 1999 there was an initial surge of interest with 225,000 individual shareholders buying in. Within three years the number of shareholders halved and 13 years later that number has fallen almost two-thirds to 78,000 shareholders. 75 per cent of Contact Energy is now owned by a few shareholders with Australian-based Origin Energy controlling 51% of the company.
“The National Government is out of touch. Its estimates about the share float are all over the place,” Clayton Cosgrove said.
“Just this morning Bill English said more New Zealanders will be able to invest in assets. He told Morning Report that New Zealanders ‘may only have $1700 in the bank but … This kind of investment may give them an opportunity to own something that is more accessible than home ownership’.
“If there is money in the bank it is there for emergencies. Mr English’s Ministerial salary obviously gives him plenty of discretionary income, but most Kiwis have to put some cash aside for when the car breaks down or the kids get sick.
“English also said ‘most New Zealanders don't feel that they own the assets of the Government and selling shares to KiwiSaver funds and through the sharemarket will give them a more direct stake’. “Again Mr English is out of touch. Polls have consistently said that 80 per cent of New Zealanders are opposed to the sale of assets they already own. Mr English should stop treating people as if they are stupid.
“Many Kiwi mums and dads are struggling to meet their daily expenses. So while they might be interested in shares –to keep them in Kiwi hands—they are not going to be able to join the queue, let alone be first in it,” Clayton Cosgrove said.