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  • Luxon's state of the nation speech.

    From Crash@nogood@dontbother.invalid to nz.general on Tue Jan 20 13:50:41 2026
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    Based on news reports, there is nothing to see here. The outline of
    'fix the basics' and 'build for the future' is uninspiring to National supporters and for those who consider Luxon a rich-prick political
    opponent nothing changes.

    Luxon and National are not up to getting spending down and tax revenue
    up. Their strategy is to increase tax revenue by increasing taxable
    company profits and this is not happening yet. It may not happen in
    time to save them.

    The election campaign is likely to be difficult for National with a
    leader who cannot inspire. Labour under Hipkins is headed for the
    middle ground of politics compared to the tax-and-spend policies of
    previous leadership and current coalition partners.
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    Crash McBash
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