1) It's cheaper than the British equivalent finished last week that cost over half a billion dollars.
2) It says pretty much what you thought it would.
3) I'm convinced it’s a waste of time because a pandemic response is about the ideology and Government of the day, not medical process.
4) Why do I say that? Read the report. It says numerous times good advice was ignored.
5) Did the Labour Government, broadly, cock it up? Yes.
6) Badly? Yes.
7) The report says, at its heart, people tried hard. They wanted to do the right thing.
8) Is that an acceptable answer? Sort of. But wanting to do well isn't the same as actually doing well.
9) It's hard to work out what's worse – the medical cock-ups or the financial ones.
10) Grant Robertson and his economic vandalism come out of it probably as bad as Jacinda Ardern and her megalomania.
11) They were too slow, I would argue because they were lazy. They sat in Opposition for nine years not expecting to get to Government, they weren't sharp or ready, so not only did Winston hand them a lifeline, they got a pandemic. They never stood a chance. They weren't match fit.
12) It's as much our fault as anyone. A party that gets about 30% support in an MMP election got 50% in 2020. Too many of us loved being told how to wipe our bums and too many of us were too lazy to think and work out where it was all heading.
13) The tide turned and (given any response whether it be a pandemic, war, or just plain policy is reliant on public goodwill) once it did turn Labour were done for.
14) The fact Ardern can't live in the country tells you very clearly how badly the tide turned.
15) I am no more confident today that we are any more ready for a pandemic, although if we can take anything from the report;
16) It’s the recommendation that public debt needs to drop so we can be more ready for an unpredictable world. War, anyone?
17) Neither of the reports were really needed. We are the experts because we lived through it. Some of us still bear the scars.
Mike Hosking is a New Zealand television and radio broadcaster. He currently hosts The Mike Hosking Breakfast show on NewstalkZB on weekday mornings - where this article was sourced.
4) Why do I say that? Read the report. It says numerous times good advice was ignored.
5) Did the Labour Government, broadly, cock it up? Yes.
6) Badly? Yes.
7) The report says, at its heart, people tried hard. They wanted to do the right thing.
8) Is that an acceptable answer? Sort of. But wanting to do well isn't the same as actually doing well.
9) It's hard to work out what's worse – the medical cock-ups or the financial ones.
10) Grant Robertson and his economic vandalism come out of it probably as bad as Jacinda Ardern and her megalomania.
11) They were too slow, I would argue because they were lazy. They sat in Opposition for nine years not expecting to get to Government, they weren't sharp or ready, so not only did Winston hand them a lifeline, they got a pandemic. They never stood a chance. They weren't match fit.
12) It's as much our fault as anyone. A party that gets about 30% support in an MMP election got 50% in 2020. Too many of us loved being told how to wipe our bums and too many of us were too lazy to think and work out where it was all heading.
13) The tide turned and (given any response whether it be a pandemic, war, or just plain policy is reliant on public goodwill) once it did turn Labour were done for.
14) The fact Ardern can't live in the country tells you very clearly how badly the tide turned.
15) I am no more confident today that we are any more ready for a pandemic, although if we can take anything from the report;
16) It’s the recommendation that public debt needs to drop so we can be more ready for an unpredictable world. War, anyone?
17) Neither of the reports were really needed. We are the experts because we lived through it. Some of us still bear the scars.
Mike Hosking is a New Zealand television and radio broadcaster. He currently hosts The Mike Hosking Breakfast show on NewstalkZB on weekday mornings - where this article was sourced.
5 comments:
The report gave 24 recommendations so that the future government of the day can be ready. Will the National party implement all of these? Will ACT? Will NZ First? They commissioned it, now is the time to show why the did so: to be ready next time, or was it just for virtue signalling?
More shallow uninformed chit chat from Mike. I ran a Blog focussing mostly on economics over those Covid years. It got every call right. Not with hindsight. At the time. Who was most responsible for economic vandalism as Mike puts it? The National Party, Business NZ and NZ Initiative who lobbied like dogs for the wage subsidy cap to be removed. They wanted our biggest corporates, Mike's Mates, who were well capitalized with large credit lines, to be handed unlimited government subsidies. They won. It blew out the cost of the single biggest Covid expenditure item, the wage subsidy, by 10 to 15 billion dollars.
So don't give us this partisan nonsense. National can't do economics as badly as Labour. Its Finance Minister Willis has no clue on the subject, being a debating major. Meanwhile her partner in Covid economic crime sits as VC at Otago Uni on $700,000 a year, with no academic background at all, a job he was not qualified for. Dumbed down chumocracy rules in NZ. That's why we're doing badly. Not Covid. Not Trump.
Labour's handling of Covid and not telling lies about not following medical advice is yet another reason not to vote left. Luxon is incompetent, but the alteration is far worse. That is why I am voting for Act.
If voting for anyone would make any difference they would never let us do it. Hang on for the downhill ride, things could get very bumpy.
The inquiry concluded that the response was entirely reasonable given the circumstances. What a whitewash. Was it funded by the deep state?
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