“..I get nervous whenever I hear ministers of the Crown talk about “ginormous” financial problems that are “elephants in the room”..
.. that they want to use taxpayer money to fix.
I worry we are about to be presented with a fait accompli where many taxpayers pay huge amounts to a few other taxpayers for a long time.
I’m talking of course about the leaky building crisis and the moves afoot by the National-led Government to help fund some sort of bailout in tandem with local governments in Auckland in particular.
The scale of the problem is only just dawning on policymakers and the shock of the likely cost has yet to really register with the public.
Yet decisions are being taken behind closed doors .. without public discussion..”
go to source/story>>Bernard Hickey: Plugging leaks opens floodgates – Politics – NZ Herald News
