Even new Roy Morgan Poll shows Government dropping
The Roy Morgan Poll is always considered an outlier and super friendly to the Right, but even they are showing the Government dropping from their December polling:
National 32.5
Labour 28.5
Green 11.5
ACT 9
NZF 8.5
TPM 6.5
I think as the economy tanks, the Government will bleed out.
National borrowed more than Labour, BUT THEY BORROWED FOR TAX CUTS WE COULDN’T AFFORD AND RICH LANDLORD LOOP HOLES!
The idea that the economy is going to magically bounce back after the austerity budget is ludicrous!
They didn’t spend that extra borrowing on public services, in fact they hollowed out those public services so much so it’s all going to predictably collapse…
Revealed: Tight Budgets force ‘reductions to public services’ – Treasury
Treasury officials have warned the Government that “significant reforms” or “reductions to public services” will be needed in the not-too-distant future if it sticks to its current, restricted spending track.
The Herald can reveal that even with this relatively tight spending, the Government will not post a surplus under the traditional Obegal measure until 2031, which will mark the longest period of Government deficits since the 1979-1994 deficits (which were measured quite differently).
Treasury officials also warned that the Government had planned so much capital investment – spending on items like schools, hospitals and roads – that it might have to cut spending earmarked for public services so it can fund the significant ongoing maintenance of those investments.
…National are pushing 350,000 jobseekers to find work when there is no work because you collapsed the economy!
There are less than 11,000 jobs on Trademe and less than 5000 on Seek and National are demanding new sanctions against beneficiaries after sacking 9520 public sector workers!
Desperate people will want solutions, not more privatisation and Māori bashing.
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The results aren’t really surprising, are they? I mean you take a look at the government and they aren’t very good, are they? So many bums, so many seats, and so little talent.
COLLEGE STUDENTS COULD MAKE A BETTER JOB OF RUNNING THE COUNTRY THAN THESE 3, EVERY DAY SEEMS TO GET WORSE,WE JUST KEEP GOING FURTHER DOWN THE DRAIN
I think this government believes that privatization and Maori bashing are a solution, in the same way that Rome thought gladiators and the circus were.
No boats Willis and now no boats Winston it just gets better every day .By 2029 we would have had the new ferris for 3 years .Now we are looking at 2 small ones and privatizing the whole operation by 2029 at the earliest .At least they now admit that the building needs to happen no matter what size boats they get .I would think the end cost will be $6 billion by 2029 if there is no further blow outs in the economy in that time .