Stephanie Rodgers

Feminist, leftie, green māmā from Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Tag: fiscal conservatism

  • Escaping the beartrap: good policy costs money

    I wrote a while back about Metiria Turei’s 2016 state of the nation address, and my reservations about the idea of an “independent” policy costings unit. I said: I want…

  • Costly government

    I wrote yesterday about our heartless, penny-pinching government, which emphasises Getting To Surplus at all costs even if that means kids dying in cold state houses. This is the true…

  • QOTD on being “fiscally conservative but socially liberal”

    From Greta Christina at Raw Story, Here are 7 things people who say they’re ‘fiscally conservative but socially liberal’ don’t understand: You can’t separate fiscal issues from social issues. They’re…