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Ryan Bridge: Labour’s back to its old tricks
Ahead of the Budget we got the same message we got from a barefoot, jandal wearing Chippy on day one of his post summer break.
More debt. Borrow more and spend more.
Name an issue, pick a portfolio, any portfolio, where Labour has not criticised the government for cuts and promised to restore spending to pre-Willis levels.
The latest example is pay parity, but that is just the latest in a long and growing list of items on the wishlist.
In case they didn’t get the memo, Kiwis voted for cuts at the last election. If we’re doing our bit, the government ought to do its bit. That’s the politics of…
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