Mike Hosking: Ideas like Julie Anne Genter's are why we have no money

I pray that somewhere in the departments that waste so much of our money, someone, somewhere, has the spine to stand up and tell the rest of the plonkers that what they are doing doesn’t work.

Julie Anne Genter, back in another Government when they gave her a portfolio, came up with the 'Road to Zero'.

That alone was one of the stupidest ideas going, for the simple reason that it set you up for immediate failure.

Frank Newman: Straight talk - Slogans are not solutions

The Road to Zero: The ambitious aim of reducing road deaths to zero. 

It’s an admirable aspiration, but delusional – and even the government's spin doctors know it. That’s why the “zero” goal is in fact a 40 per cent reduction in death and serious injuries by 2030, 

Even that is wishful thinking. 

Slogans are not solutions but slogans epitomise the Ardern administration: “The team of 5 million”; “The Road to Zero”. 

It’s mindless rubbish, but it’s also insulting. Clearly, those who are actually paid to dream up this “creative” nonsense, think we believe it. Sadly, they may be right enough to get away with it. And having a paid-off, biased left-wing media helps them convince enough lemmings that the promised land beyond the seaside cliff is better than a life where one must think for oneself.