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Showing posts with label Government mony tree. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Government mony tree. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Robert MacCulloch: The PM says the gov't "don't have a money tree"


Yes it does - the Reserve Bank calls it Tāne Mahuta

The PM has criticized teachers' pay demands with the jibe that the "Governments have to ultimately make the books balance, we don't have a great money tree in the backyard that means we can continue to indefinitely increase government spending, we have to pay for everything somehow". His line comes amidst strike action by the teachers' union that has led to school closures throughout the first half of this year.