"Economic drift is like cement. At first, it’s slow moving. The business down the road closes. Your favourite cafe is shuttered. Then the concrete hardens and you accept it as normal. There is a way out of the concrete we are in, but the right has to stop borrowing for tax cuts we will have to pay for later. The left is not calling for fiscal discipline, but saying the tax cuts we can’t afford should instead be spent on Te Whatu Ora, Oranga Tamariki, Kāinga Ora, Te Pūkenga, and Waka Kotahi."

Josie's Post column calls for fiscal discipline as the first step to brining down interests rates, growing the economy and funding services.