About this episode

Duncan Garner discusses New Zealand's government spending and the lack of tough political decisions to address it.

On the podcast today, Duncan looks into New Zealand’s staggering government spending. With another massive budget rolling out, why hasn't this government made the tough decisions to effect meaningful change? Duncan, Ashley Church, and Maurice Williamson break down our addiction to taxpayer cash, a bloated public service, and why the politicians are too terrified to rein it in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Duncan Garner

Guests: Ashley Church, Maurice Williamson

Topics covered

• government spending
• budget analysis
• public service
• taxpayer cash
• political decisions

Keywords

• New Zealand
• budget
• government spending
• public service
• taxpayer cash
• politicians
• political decisions

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Places: New Zealand

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