We have been informed that the upcoming budget is going to concentrate on poverty, climate and the environment.

Great! Huge sums of money will be required to be invested. Right!

Wait a moment. ‘ Where does the money come from?'

We have printed billions and billions of dollars to address the adverse Covid related situation. Soon we will have to address paying it back.

Wait another moment. The government will insist on spending more and more instead of supporting the likes of the primary sector and manufacturing to enable them to generate improved returns. We need to have the export sector humming.

Oh no! What the government does is heap more bureaucracy and regulation upon the export sector to make it more difficult for New Zealand to succeed.

The thing here is nothing will be in the budget just like the election manifesto.

In New Zealand we have developed a culture where more and more people depend on the state. Instead we should be developing a culture of resilience and a real willingness to succeed. Aspire to learn, develop esteem and achieve. Live the New Zealand dream.

We must abandon ruling by division and separatism.

It's not political, it is real and needs to cease.

Robin Reid, Otumoetai