Reading an article by #aardvark again this morning: https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2021/0802.s.. He appears to believe that #gst is partially to blame for the lowering of #livingstandards in #nz - I would also suggest that #governments are by design are not incentivized to solve problems outside of their limited #term in office. This is exactly why the #uk has a #houseoflords - which consists of older people who attempt to plan outside of their lifetimes.