The Wailings of a Broken Class
The intelligentsia really feels like they’re in mortal danger. It’s lovely to see.
Economy
Just Get Rid of Them
Governments will always wind up corrupt. The more power in the hands of government, the more incentive is given to power-hungry psychopaths and narcissists to gain control of that power.
Returning Hipkins as PM Is Unthinkable
The man waged war on Auckland, turned us into prisoners, caused stagnation and will tax your family home.
It Is a Public Service Defence Strategy
Either you get a reconstituted service which is stripped back to its necessary bones without the bureaucratic bloat, or you do away altogether with any department that can’t actually prove its worth. Brutal but necessary.
This Just Beggars Belief
Why do PM Luxon and Minister Bishop’s 100 foreign investors ‘visiting’ NZ this week comprise 50 local Auckland firms?
What Coolidge’s Inauguration Can Teach Us Now
Calvin Coolidge was only president who actually shrank the government.
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.
