Could we take GST off our power bills? - Ask Susan Edmunds

Got questions? RNZ has a podcast, 'No Stupid Questions', with Susan Edmunds.We'd love to hear more of your questions about money and the economy. You can send through written questions, like these ones, but even better, you can drop us a voice memo to our email questions@rnz.co.nz.You can also sign up to RNZ's money newsletter, 'Money with Susan Edmunds'.Why is it with the state owing a 51 percent share in power companies the political parties are refusing to take off the GST?Every so often we do hear suggestions that GST should be taken off things that we might regard as essentials, such as fruit and vegetables and power, irrespective of the ownership structure of the organisations involved.That's particularly the case when prices increase, as power prices have recently.Jon Duffy, chief e