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The thread centers on New Zealand's upcoming election, primarily debating the economic management and policy differences between the center-left Labour government and center-right National/ACT opposition. Key criticisms target Labour's fiscal stewardship, citing ballooning government expenditure #7#272, housing unaffordability, and unfulfilled promises like KiwiBuild and dental care expansion #16#12. A user #7 highlighted Labour's annual 9% spending growth versus 1.5% under previous governments, arguing this fueled inflation. National's tax-cut policy faced scrutiny over funding gaps and legality, with user #215 questioning Luxon's reliance on "trust me" assurances.
Leadership competence emerged as a critical theme, particularly in later posts. Luxon drew heavy criticism after a contentious interview where he struggled to defend policy details #194#199#211, while Willis faced backlash for her economic credentials. Hipkins garnered fleeting praise for articulation but was ultimately seen as representing poor governmental outcomes #45#119. A trusted user #308 presented expert economic analysis contradicting Treasury optimism. Infrastructure issues—like Wellington's water crisis and the dental school staffing shortage—were cited as examples of systemic mismanagement #235#12. Notable policy debates included road-user charges for EVs #220, immigration impacts on rents #299, and coalition scenarios involving NZ First #182#258. Early fringe discussions on candidates' rugby allegiances gave way to substantive policy critiques, culminating in grim Treasury forecasts discussed in posts #271#304#308. User #168 also revealed concerns about Labour rushing regulatory changes to entrench policies pre-election.

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Economic Policies, Housing Crisis, Leadership Competence

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You’re suffering from confirmation bias. You’re incapable of being objective & it’s pointless discussing anything with you any further.
That's a bit rich given how all economic measures have deteriorated.
Sorry I find it difficult to accept because you have a gut feeling things despite it being just a bit dubious despite the now blatantly obvious it's years away.

(You're not quite as delulu as @Inruin I'll give you that)

Tell me then - how has the average quality of life or cost of living improved for the average joe under the new government?
 
the National Party slogan on their website is
"One Year of getting the country back on track"

Yet the headline is literally

Massive GDP fall: NZ in deep recession - ‘worst since 1991′​


Newsflash - we're well off track and you apologists look silly.
 
It’s a rebuild job. Some National actions that will help over the next few years:

- The high tax take has reduced investment, productivity and R&D the last 5 years. Being address.
- high costs (wages, compliance) draining profitability, competitiveness and resilience of businesses. Being addressed
- there were a raft of policies effectively reducing output of productive industries (dairy, forestry, resources, etc). Being addressed
- housing choked by RMA, compliance. Being addressed
- skilled labour to grow PRODUCTIVE businesses being pooled in govt departments. Being addressed
- school system was failing with less than 50% attendance and youth unsuitable for work - being addressed.
- govt borrowing huge to unsustainably paper over the cracks and building a foundation on sand. Spending being bought under control.

Feel sorry for the govt inheriting this mess which has been exposed by the deepest recession in 30 years delivered by Labour policies.
While I've been shitting on lefties lately, I have no love for Luxon, the potato headed moron, or his gaggle of nonces. Id need to see a few more quarters of data
 
The rock star economy was when the housing crisis blew up and the ladder got pulled up on virtually a whole generation though. What happened to increased GDP improving outcomes for everyone, wealth disparity and poverty increased and Key just dismissed it. Sounds like Chloe's got a point about the oligopoly. God she's hot 🔥

Where's @MaybeTop8, how's Atlas Network going bro, pretty good by the sound of it

This is the Atlas playbook:
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This coalition are delivering on all of those aspects. Act in particular
 
No. That is a clown saying something when not true.
Boot camp for me would be a 3 year survivalist camp where if you didn't contribute you starved to death or died of hyperthermia.
What a fantastic idea Dean. We could pack off the billionaires, landlords, tax dodgers, climate valndals, right and far right racist bigots and oligarchs and give them a carrot of an early release if they show some humanity!! Or pay their fair share in capital gains taxes.

Excellent!
 
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This is the Atlas playbook:
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This coalition are delivering on all of those aspects. Act in particular
If Milei is so bad, why do Argentinians love him? Maybe all the crying is come from self interested lefties that have zero employable skills outside of being a leech?

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And the ferries - what a fucking disaster. Economically literate? This government is the most destructive, abhorrent, cruel, regressive government we've had and that's saying something.

Wiz is more economically literate than this coalition.

Of the rich, by the rich, for the rich, of the wealthy, by the wealthy, for the wealthy, of the few, by the few, for the few, of the corrupt, by the corrupt, for the corrupt.

Neoliberalism at it's finest all around.

 
What a fantastic idea Dean. We could pack off the billionaires, landlords, tax dodgers, climate valndals, right and far right racist bigots and oligarchs and give them a carrot of an early release if they show some humanity!!

Excellent!
Who would grow the carrot? Lefties only discernible skills are bludging and complaining.

PS Miss you Top
 
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