"NZ has put off change for 50 years. The bill will arrive."

"We should hold a national golden jubilee for the half century that has passed since the last time we received more from overseas than we spent: 1973. Same year the Watergate hearings began in the US, Norm Kirk was prime minister and colour TV arrived in New Zealand.
    "We’ve been losing ground for a long time....
    "We have put off change for 50 years. The bill will arrive."

~Josie Pagani, from her op-ed 'The economy is on a precipice and every choice available to us is hard '