Inflation jumps to almost 6 %

[Wainuiguy]

But the government didn't pay for the new houses or new cars did they?  Sorry just saw it was social housing- but how much was planned by the prior government?  Of the 8500 houses added to HNZ stock under this govt approx 3500 are new of which 2500 were planned under the last government and a further 5000 bought on the open market in direct competition of first home buyers.

Approximately 7 billion was spent on wage and business subsidies yet overall debt spiraled by 100 billion.  No new roads, no new train tracks, no new hospitals, no extra ICU beds.  Just massive debt.

The government does pay for social housing. Via taxation. Which comes from the high employment rate and our excellent overseas earnings.

As for spending, if you bother to look, plenty of that is going on. New trains are running on the tracks, new highways are underway, new spending is happening in our health system, including $644m on icu beds...

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/4570...d-covid-19

So the new train - Te Huia?  The massive $100 mil white elephant?  Where is the fast train promised?  Where is the train from Tauranga to Auckland promised?

Where is Buller Hospital?

Where is the light rail promised?  

And note you didn't answer about the social housing and when it had been planned.  Or the fact the government has been in direct competition with the first home buyers it said it cared about.

What roads have been built?  What ones are underway?  This government shelved significant roads planned then restarted projects but as far as I can see hasn't started any of them.

How many ICU beds have been added?  Last time I looked the actual number had DECREASED.  Doctors publicly calling out Little about it.

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Big infrastructure spend ups is what governments do when the economy collapses and there isn't global pandemic...

OK gotcha - otherwise just throw printed money anywhere without getting any real return.  Sounds legit.