There is an alternative

Quote of the day:

Paul Goldsmith: What reports has he seen on alternative approaches to managing the economy?

Hon BILL ENGLISH: I have seen reports of alternative approaches that involve, almost without exception, borrowing more money, spending more on programmes that do not work, increasing taxes, and imposing significant extra costs on businesses. They came from the same party where one of its economic spokesmen said yesterday that the last 30 years of economic policy in New Zealand had been a mistake; for about half of that, his party was in Government.

TINA – There is No Alternative is the excuse or reason used to justify actions.

There is almost always an alternative to any plan. But Labour’s alternative to the government’s is not one anyone with any concern for the future wellbeing of the country would contemplate.