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[king1]

Most people put it the other way round...national, for instance, stuffed up health, education, and the police in their last term through deliberate underfunding, so they could give their mates tax cuts.

No, the first way around is correct. National always has to tackle the mess and does so by starting with a rein-in of spending, ie being fiscally prudent, then because people don't get that it takes more than 5 minutes, they get voted out again. The tax cuts were to get the economy moving - more spending means business survives and the government makes more in GST. Which, BTW is the fairest tax and the one I'd put up, in conjunction with a tax cut at the low end so that the poor aren't disadvantaged. Spending on "wants" is discretionary and the more wealthy people spend more there, and higher GST would mean they pay more because they spend more.

I tend to agree with Praktica, cutting services to the point they are no longer performing the service they are required to do just isn't a smart move... but which comes first the chicken or the egg...

Liz Truss did well with tax cuts this year didn't she?