Reallocating $30M does seem like weasel piss.

The report doesn’t offer a specific dollar number but if we look at what’s successful overseas and take into account the number of people needing help, NZ would probably need more like $100M/yr to be on par.

It will be an even bigger cost if we wait for it to grow more entrenched in society. New black markets for stolen goods grow and become systemic parts of the problem. When someone knows they can get a hit for a stolen bicycle, it becomes much harder to prevent bike thefts.

I wonder if there is a tracker somewhere for the number of thefts per region over time?

“Surely there must be more we can do! Have you tried creating incentive structures that ensure the cost of housing is unaffordable?”

This is not an exciting way to activate a voter base that had previously lost confidence.

It’s a bit too vague at this point to understand how they might roll it out but in the meantime we can look at what our neighbour does:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Fund