NZ First

[king1]

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?

Just like in NZ, she can't work alone. Jacinda is the figurehead, but what she does has the backing of her party. And when National talk of tax cuts, hopefully the plan will include how to pay for them so we avoid the UK problems. Which we would avoid to some extent anyway since we aren't that important on the world stage. We do, however, still need to be able to balance our own books.

Balancing the books isn't the problem - balancing the books and maintaining the level of service that New Zealanders demand is the problem...  

and if you don't provide that level of service you will get the boot... it's pretty simple.  

I would like to think these days people tend to vote with their smarts, not based on wishy washy promises and election bribes.  One advantage of an aging population is most voters have been around long enough to see who is genuine and who is not, to see through the spin and BS.