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# Opinion of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/opinion-of-the-day-3/
- Published: 2024-03-16T17:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-03-16T04:47:28.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-06-28 02:24

> I’ve heard a few \[MPs\] interviewed this week, and they’ve been making comments along the lines of “we don’t have the money” or “we can’t afford it”. Finally! \[…\]  
>  
> While it’s too easy and probably premature to suggest the country is in a state of collapse, it will be soon if we don’t do something about the recklessness we’ve seen with the government chequebook. \[…\]  
>  
> We’re no longer fit for purpose. Our infrastructure and our services are at breaking point. We need investment, but don’t have the money.  
>  
> The reality is that, irrespective of your political views, this Government needs to be successful.  
>  
> Bruce Cotterill/*New Zealand Herald*

[Read more here](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/time-for-the-government-to-sharpen-its-budgeting-bruce-cotterill/TPKV5NNNWNA3FIQW2EXOPXBARI/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled). Discuss it on *The BFD.*

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