Like most biased arguments, Graeme Martin's letter ‘Ensure welfare doesn't sink us' (The Sun, March 7), in praise of the government leaves out important facts.

The main reason New Zealand didn't have large sovereign debt when the global financial crises struck was Labour's Michael Cullen and Helen Clarke paid no attention to the National Party and businesses harping on to cut taxes rather than pay debt.

So they left NZ in a good position to weather the global financial crises.

The first thing the National Party did on gaining office was cut taxes for its rich mates, which is why they still haven't produce a balanced budget.

K Port, Pyes Pa.