(22-05-2025, 08:26 AM)harm_less Wrote: Chloe presented herself fairly well during a pretty intense grilling by Jack Tame. The base premise here is that under spending in infrastructure and social services are baked into the system and correcting that won't be quick or easy.
No doubt today's Budget will demonstrate how effective the current government's strategies are directing solutions to these and other issues. I'm not holding my breath in that regard.
She's not wrong.
And given the previous govts over the last 40 odd years, if the Greens were to become govt then it is crystal clear that they can scarcely do worse - in fact that would be extremely difficult.
(22-05-2025, 09:56 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Garner is very cross about losing his 750k salary, and blames the changing world for that demotion. He thinks by joining the billionaires chorus he'll get rich again.
As for the Greens, hell, they can't do any worse than the other lots surely, when it comes to budgeting? After all, none of them are wealthy, (unlike both the current lot AND this country) but they still seem to know how to pay their bills...
Imo, there really is NO good reason as to why a very wealthy person should be involved in politics at all. I'd like to see a ban on very wealthy people being able to enter politics, lest we end up like America.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)