"We’ve seen 9/11, the GFC, and COVID-19 before turning forty. We’ve done everything right; studied, worked, saved. And still can’t buy homes our parents purchased on one salary.

And this isn’t about blaming older generations. Many of them fought for a fairer country too, and they’re just as frustrated at what’s been lost. It’s about admitting how much harder that fight has become, and how much more deliberate we’ll need to be to win it again."

#Respublica, 2025

https://thestandard.nz/the-cult-of-reasonableness/

"We’ve seen 9/11, the GFC, and COVID-19 before turning forty. We’ve done everything right; studied, worked, saved. And still can’t buy homes our parents purchased on one salary.

And this isn’t about blaming older generations. Many of them fought for a fairer country too, and they’re just as frustrated at what’s been lost. It’s about admitting how much harder that fight has become, and how much more deliberate we’ll need to be to win it again."

#Respublica, 2025

https://thestandard.nz/the-cult-of-reasonableness/

"And yes, our current Minister of Finance is a woman. Funnily enough, our two worst ones have been. Which only proves the point: this isn’t about gender or personality. It’s about an ideology so deep in our political bloodstream that even good people end up preaching the same sermon. The uniform changes; the script doesn’t.

They call it responsibility. We call it what it is: looting."

#Respublica, 2025

https://thestandard.nz/the-cult-of-reasonableness/

Hear, hear.

#NZPolitics #TheStandard #PublicFinance