From Newsgroup: nz.general

https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-spending-falls-percentage-gdp

I would rewrite the paragraph that starts "This progress reflects..."
with this observation:
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This progress reflects the glacial rate of change this Government has
achieved since the last election. Cumulative savings of $44 billion
have been spent elsewhere instead of being used to reduce the mountain
of debt we inherited from the previous Government.
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National will therefore go into the 2026 election with only glacially
slow economic progress to campaign on. Labour will most certainly
campaign on 'National promised ...and have failed or had some
miniscule levels of success.'
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Crash McBash
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