Rob Connolly 🇳🇿 🇬🇧Oct 21

Reality bites: RoNS will bankrupt the nation - https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/10/21/rons-reality-needs-to-bite/

I remind you again that money isn't real. However, it's really funny to see neoliberals bitten by their own economic orthodoxy - even when they try to cheat by changing the rules.

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Reality bites: RoNS will bankrupt the nation - Greater Auckland

The government’s Yesterday’s funding announcement on preparatory work includes this for the East West link: Funding of $102m to progress design, consenting and route protection. Hamilton Southern Links Hamilton has just been successfully bypassed, so clearly it’s time for another … Continued

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Show threadKay   Oct 21
@rob It's weird to see officials admitting to a CBA of 1.0 saying the Cost Benefit Analysis of this project is that there is no overall (economic) benefit to doing this project. That when research shows an average CBA of 3.0 or three times return on investment from health sector projects. Building houses, employing more nurses, investing in pblic transport are all higher for economic returns than a third tunnel through Mt Victoria in Wellington NZ.
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Show threadRob Connolly 🇳🇿 🇬🇧

@Kay Absolutely agree. However, they can't do any of those things, because having public services is entirely antithetical to their beliefs.

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Oct 21 at 1:32amWeb