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Ryan Bridge: The treasury boss' truth bomb
As we squabble over toast for new mums in hospitals and funding for street dance performers in Auckland, we are penny pinching a lot lately, aren't we?
We're bickering about all sorts of things, should nurses be getting the free toast in the smoko room if they're doing a night shift?
The insignificance of all of these debates is being laid bare this morning. There's an article in the Herald, it's a bit of a truth bomb from the Treasury boss.
She's leaving the job, the data is not really new, but the way that she is speaking so openly and frankly is quite new.
Her name is Dr Caralee McLiesh…
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