Ah yes, a govt subsidy to keep cars on the road in a fuel crisis rather than a government subsidy to get cars off the road in a fuel crisis. Masterful.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/590463/watch-50-a-week-for-some-families-as-fuel-crisis-relief-package-unveiled

March 24, 2026 - 00:39 UTC

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Only this govt could come up with this brain fart
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The problem is that this was screwed upat the last election. The change was occurring gradually. Now, it's a self-inflicted crisis where getting cars off roads will hit the lowest income earners the most:
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Need to keep those roads nationally significant.
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If they’d been in power during Covid they’d have done this sort of thing. No free vaccine but payments to working families to help afford getting one
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