NZ First

[king1]

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.

If the news has it right, the Nats are going to look after those who are struggling; they're being very socially responsible. They're simply going to ask all those wonderfully generous, benevolent people out there, to donate to that particular aim.

I'm afraid that I laughed. Apparently, it is entirely true that we get more cynical as we get older...

Did I hear that correctly then on the news?

Essentially the Nats solution to poverty is to essentially setup a GoFundMe page for the citizens of New Zealand - This is going to look good on the world stage...