The post criticizes the government's budget balancing efforts, arguing that taxpayer funds are being used to pay high salaries for ideologically driven jobs, which fuels public outrage over the cost of living.
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What's your take on the budget? I think it's a budget that's asking those with the least to make the biggest sacrifice. Tenants in state houses and seeing their rents being increased. Young New Zealanders having supports taken away from them. There is some stuff in the budget that's good. Increased interest infrastructure investment is good. Some of the health initiatives that they've got on there are good, although there's broken promises there too. You know, bowl screening, lowering the age for that, getting it down to, I think they're getting it down to 56. Christopher Luxon promised it was going to be 50. So good but broken promises in there.
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responsible investment through asset recycling
\\ \\ **Budget delivers $7 billion capital investment boost**\\ \\ 28 May, 2026\\ \\ Nicola Willis, Chris BishopSocial-media signal on the same topic, drawn from the social lens. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies, the same weighting used across the digest cards. View on /social →
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