What Coolidge’s Inauguration Can Teach Us Now
Calvin Coolidge was only president who actually shrank the government.
Economy
The Demise of the Paris Agreement
Isn’t it time our coalition government put the national interest and wellbeing of New Zealanders first and opted out of Paris as well?
Choking on Lemon Myrtle and Goodwill
Government’s fingerprints are everywhere. Who paid for it? You, sucker – or rather, proudly brought to you by the government, the only growth industry left in this over-regulated wasteland.
Meth Lab Found in Kāinga Ora Chch Home
$10,000 clean up needed less than a year after construction.
Please, Please Look at Me
But here’s a question for Ian to ponder. Why, given his wealth, is he even taking the government super?
It Is Mine, All Mine!
My favourite Boomer retort to all of this is, “But I worked hard for my money!” Yeah, you and millions of others. You also benefitted from cheap housing and the fact that you could walk from one job to another without even needing a CV.
The NZ Initiative’s Exec Director Knows Better
So can the PM now come clean and tell the media how often he’s talked with the Initiative?
Cut like Your Political Future Depends on It, Because It Does
If this government doesn’t get all DOGE on government expenditure, then they are probably toast. Managing the economic decline, albeit slightly better than Labour, isn’t a solution.
DOGE to Confront the DOD Checkbook
In the 34 years since the first required audit, DOD has lived down to the low expectations ascribed to government bureaucracies. Congress is now requiring the department to pass an audit by 2028.
No, This Won’t Raise NZ Productivity
Although our top two politicians have never heard of the Feldstein-Horioka puzzle, and would no doubt label it a bit of silly academic economics, it is actually an observed fact which may be the undoing of the coalition’s ambitions.
How the RBNZ Mistakenly Caused the Worst Slump Since 1991
Central banks are meant to smooth business cycles, not exacerbate them.
The Exploitation of Taxpayers by Federal Workers
Any discussion of federal employees that doesn’t mention the taxpayers who pay bureaucrats’ salaries is fundamentally dishonest and incomplete. Donald Trump isn’t paying for these jobs. American fast-food workers, insurance agents, and cell-phone salespeople are paying for it all.
The Quest to Cut Government Spending
Our governments continue to have a spending problem, there are 700,000 people on the NDIS and our national debt keeps growing. It is time for an intervention. We need an Australian version of DOGE.
Americans Were Right, the Media Lied
The Biden economy was as bad as the media said it wasn’t.