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🚨🚨 ALERT: NEW ZEALAND'S COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS 🚨🚨🚨 For goodness sake, WILL OUR POLITICIANS WAKE THE HELL UP !? I'm fortunate enough not to be counting every Singapore dollar in my wallet, but that doesn't mean I've lost touch with reality. Thousands upon thousands of ordinary Kiwis are being absolutely hammered by the cost of living, and frankly, I'm sick to death of watching politicians sit around while families struggle to put decent food on the table. These people are paid handsomely to govern. It's about time they started earning their money ! I'm increasingly warming to Chloe Swarbrick's Kiwimart proposal. In fact, I've been contemplating similar ideas and publicly discussing them long before she raised the subject. If the private sector and existing competition aren't delivering affordable essentials, perhaps it's time to consider alternatives. NOW, TO THE COALITION GOVERNMENT. PAY ATTENTION ! Commander DC and his colleagues are officially on notice. I'm giving this government 12 months to demonstrate some serious progress in bringing down the cost of food and making everyday essentials genuinely affordable. I don't want another collection of excuses, political talking points, economic spin or self-congratulatory press releases. I WANT RESULTS ! If the cost-of-living situation doesn't improve substantially, I will seriously consider switching my support to the radical left Green Party for a period of time. And if enough traditionally centre-right voters reach the same conclusion, this Coalition could find itself looking at electoral oblivion. Let that sink in. GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT DELIVERING FOR THE PEOPLE, NOT PROTECTING YOUR POLITICAL COMFORT ZONE. People are struggling. Families are making impossible choices. Food is a necessity, not a luxury reserved for those fortunate enough to afford it. I'm absolutely fed up with political complacency. You've got 12 months. Get your act together, bring the cost of living down and start delivering for ordinary New Zealanders. ENOUGH TALK. IT'S TIME TO GOVERN ! @chrisluxonmp @dbseymour @winstonpeters @_chloeswarbrick

Alert: New Zealand - FALLING BEHIND 🚨🚨🚨 I swear the collective IQ of this country's electorate has dropped by at least 10 points. The sheer volume of brainwashed, hard-left ideological thinking is staggering. Just look at the number of people who thought voting for Labour, Te Pāti Māori, the Greens and The Opportunities Party was somehow going to deliver a brighter future. The political judgement on display is breathtaking. Is it any wonder New Zealand continues to fall behind in so many areas? But let's be fair. National deserves its share of criticism too. It has failed miserably to confront the woke ideological nonsense that has been allowed to infect so much of our society. Somewhere along the way, National's values have shifted, its backbone has weakened, and its willingness to stand up for common sense has all but disappeared. I'm certainly not impressed. Here's the fundamental problem: Luxon wants a vibrant, productive, growing economy. Fine. But you cannot simultaneously import social instability, tolerate declining standards, abandon accountability and undermine the values that underpin a successful society, then act surprised when the results are disappointing. You cannot build a first-world economy on increasingly third-world standards of governance, accountability and common sense. As someone who has travelled extensively and seen how other advanced nations operate, I can tell you without hesitation that New Zealand has fallen seriously behind. In too many areas, we're no longer keeping pace; we're being left in the dust. The uncomfortable truth is that other countries are moving forward while New Zealand seems determined to mark time, lower expectations and congratulate itself on mediocrity. Unless we see some serious, fundamental CHANGE in leadership, priorities, accountability and standards, the outlook is bleak. New Zealand is squandering its potential, and the rest of the world isn't going to wait for us to catch up.