Fitness for purpose in politics
                The politician who wants policies that will raise all future boats has to deal with a party prosaically focused on winning seats. 
                
                    
    
                
                
                
                    
                        
                            
                                
    Bryce Wilkinson
    Sun, 17 Feb 2019
                             
                         
                    
                    
                 
             
            
        
        
            
                
                    What can politicians who care about value for money in government hope to achieve? Where should they focus their efforts?
Those are tough questions. They were put to the New Zealand Initiative last week by a politician.
Our challenger agreed that far too much of what government does is
                
                
                    
                        
    
        
            
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    Bryce Wilkinson
    Sun, 17 Feb 2019
                                     
                                 
                             
                         
                    
                
             
         
        
            
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