Brigitte Morten.
Opinion - Budget 2021 is cheugy. If you don't know what this means, it is likely you too are cheugy. For the uninformed, this is the latest insult from Generation Z. It is targeted mostly at Millennials and their out-of-date thinking, lack of originality and their love of skinny jeans.
The 2021 Budget.
Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
Just like Millennials, this budget is living in the past. There are large chunks of money for existing initiatives and programmes and any new spending is directed at creating large new bureaucracies.
But while increased spending in health, education and infrastructure will be applauded without any new thinking to support it, it will be wasted for future generations.