#PoliTips: If an honest answer would make you look bad, ignore the question, and move on. Dr Shane Reti demonstrates.
Reti: We couldn't afford to put everything we wanted to in the budget.
Mihi Forbes: You gave NZ$2.9 billion to landlords and didn't put in the few million required for the cancer drugs you promised. That was a choice.
Reti: We couldn't afford to put everything we wanted to in the budget.