TJ, It's day time again and things do not seem so gloomy. It's a split vote and coalition negotiations will decide the outcome.
<Is <<Helen Clark>> a pixelator?
If so, get ready to enjoy the process of pixelation, up close and personal, and also get ready for new neighbors who will pay the super duper discounted price for NZ citizenship :0)>
No she is not. On the contrary. The government is running huge surpluses, with money sloshing over the gunwales.
Because the government has got bad press over ridiculous immigration, they have had to tighten up on too many bludgers filling the place, committing crimes and generally turning the place into where they came from. One can't now simply get on an aircraft somewhere, flush one's passport down the dunny, show up at the border and be entitled to a life of luxury on the government's tit.
In our muddle-through way, it's not all that bad here. Sure, the government blows $billions on stupid ideas such as trying to cure poverty by giving poor people money, which of course creates more poor people who are even less capable of looking after themselves and doing something useful instead of criminal. As you probably know, one can't fix a leaky bucket by pouring in more water - the more you pour in, the faster it leaks out, though it gets a little deeper. People are capable of spending $millions and if they don't have a frugal nature, will do so, then wonder why they are poor again. Swarms of people come into $millions, blow it in a few years, if not months or days, then are back where they started.
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