27-06-2025, 09:04 AM
Oh I doubt kiwis will ever go off rugby, or Americas Cup sailing in the other season, no matter how rich the stakes become. Both have become part of our national psyche, you can see that when 'we' lose...
You are right though, governments waste a hell of a lot of money. Like tearing down social housing instead of refurbing it, or selling big chunks of state owned - aka people owned - land to developers. Despite telling the great unwashed that buying a first home is such a great investment for life, they seem way too eager to divest the country of its most solid assets in exchange for a few shekels of short term profits. All while personally gathering and hoarding rental properties without so much as a blush.
Politicians are weird people. And the older they get the more weird they get.
You are right though, governments waste a hell of a lot of money. Like tearing down social housing instead of refurbing it, or selling big chunks of state owned - aka people owned - land to developers. Despite telling the great unwashed that buying a first home is such a great investment for life, they seem way too eager to divest the country of its most solid assets in exchange for a few shekels of short term profits. All while personally gathering and hoarding rental properties without so much as a blush.
Politicians are weird people. And the older they get the more weird they get.