Whatever they say about "the Budget" seems depressing. Increased govt spending on things that are good for the people & need to be done to give us a better future, what they borrow will be paid for in increased tax revenue from successful businesses and people paying taxes on their income rather than needing govt support to live because the govt has laid them off! (seems a Finance Minister should be able to do the sums re loss of tax revenue & increase in benefit outgoings?) It is so recent that we learned this lesson via the COVID pandemic with needed projects being done by people who couldn't do their normal jobs & businesses supported to keep people on the books. The US skites it came out of the pandemic stronger than every other country, but Aotearoa beat them on most stats ... Of course we are entering a new phase which any incoming govt would have to deal with, but going backwards into the future is so infuriating on an intellectual level, but most heartbreaking on a human level with job & service cuts already undermining mental & physical health & wellbeing of individuals & their family & friends - sadly it will only get worse as logic & human empathy seem to be totally missing in the Nact1st 3-headed coalition of weirdness.
Yep. Also claiming that our government books are in bad shape… we are (were) in such a good position to start some amazing infrastructure projects and then BAM sorry nope here’s some shitty roads and tax cuts we don’t really need.
Whatever they say about "the Budget" seems depressing. Increased govt spending on things that are good for the people & need to be done to give us a better future, what they borrow will be paid for in increased tax revenue from successful businesses and people paying taxes on their income rather than needing govt support to live because the govt has laid them off! (seems a Finance Minister should be able to do the sums re loss of tax revenue & increase in benefit outgoings?) It is so recent that we learned this lesson via the COVID pandemic with needed projects being done by people who couldn't do their normal jobs & businesses supported to keep people on the books. The US skites it came out of the pandemic stronger than every other country, but Aotearoa beat them on most stats ... Of course we are entering a new phase which any incoming govt would have to deal with, but going backwards into the future is so infuriating on an intellectual level, but most heartbreaking on a human level with job & service cuts already undermining mental & physical health & wellbeing of individuals & their family & friends - sadly it will only get worse as logic & human empathy seem to be totally missing in the Nact1st 3-headed coalition of weirdness.
Yep. Also claiming that our government books are in bad shape… we are (were) in such a good position to start some amazing infrastructure projects and then BAM sorry nope here’s some shitty roads and tax cuts we don’t really need.
Pay cheque, just sayin