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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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54 billion on that? I dunno, something doesn't add up here grandad.
Pissed away buying votes funneling through grants that are impossible to track unless you know where to look.

Eg the Labour govt invested (gave) $52m into a Māori owned and developed spa resort in Rotorua?

Meanwhile my tourism business has has $0 funding and mine will probably still be running long after this has closed down.

(Note the whole project stopped until the Labour govt gave it an extra $38m mid project because it’s not economic)

If this funding was given to prop up any other business MT8 would be crying corruption. We don’t even own the spa resort, we built it for a private entity. it’s a private luxury business for the elite. Us common people will never go there.

Rinse and repeat across the country and billions disappeared, never to be seen again.

 
$54b was spent on non-pandemic heathcare costs. To put that into perspective in terms of projects that could have been done
  • $3b new ferries
  • $3b shiny Dunedin hospital
  • $3b waterfront stadium
  • $35b second harbour crossing (this one's a bit wasteful)
  • $10b leftover for water infrastructure improvements
Any facts here? The original article was right wing propaganda.

Please provide some citations thanks.
 
Fear the greens:

‘Swarbrick believes any future government her party is a part of would be the most progressive or left-leaning New Zealand has seen under MMP.’

Labour lurched hard left last term…. We don’t want an even loopier govt stuffing the country up even more!

 
Fear the greens:

‘Swarbrick believes any future government her party is a part of would be the most progressive or left-leaning New Zealand has seen under MMP.’

Labour lurched hard left last term…. We don’t want an even loopier govt stuffing the country up even more!

Fear ACT.

The extreme right racist neolibs looking to sell the country off to their Atlas backers and mates.

Wake up Wiz
 
Fear ACT.

The extreme right racist neolibs looking to sell the country off to their Atlas backers and mates.

Wake up Wiz
Well Labour left us with the worst recession in 30 years so I don’t know if we will recover from an even further left govt…

Show us the pro business/ economic growth left policies or it’s all dreaming while the country goes down the toilet.
 
Fear the greens:

‘Swarbrick believes any future government her party is a part of would be the most progressive or left-leaning New Zealand has seen under MMP.’

Labour lurched hard left last term…. We don’t want an even loopier govt stuffing the country up even more!

She & her poorly thought out tax policies are irrelevant. Similar to TPM, their stupidity undermines what they fight for. Of the losers, by the losers, for the losers.
 
Well Labour left us with the worst recession in 30 years so I don’t know if we will recover from an even further left govt…

Show us the pro business/ economic growth left policies or it’s all dreaming while the country goes down the toilet.
Well. No. The reserve bank MANUFACTURED THE RECESSION AND SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO SO based on fundamentalist neoliberal policies that have been embedded in the foundations of everything they do right from their brainwashed inception.

A recession unnecessarily extended by National's slash and burn approach, cutting capital and infrastructure spending dead and extending the recession by at least a year, costing hundreds of companies who have now gone broke and causing the worst brain drain nz has ever seen.
 
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Well. No. The reserve bank MANUFACTURED THE RECESSION AND SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO SO based on fundamentalist neoliberal policies that have been embedded in the foundations of everything they do right from their brainwashed inception.

A recession unnecessarily extended by National's slash and burn approach, cutting capital and infrastructure spending dead and extending the recession by at least a year, costing hundreds of companies who have now gone broke and causing the worst brain drain nz has ever seen.
So to be clear you would have done the ferries, etc and racked up billions and billions MORE debt when treasury was saying to cut spending?

You know better than treasury???
 
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