Budget 2023: Massive Defence spend

[Dave Homewood]

Thanks Errol.

[Dave Homewood]

So, according to this Herald article...

Army gets new $100m Bushmaster fleet as resignation requests dip after pay bump

The Herald asked Little whether he had received further details as to the impact of the recently announced pay boost for NZDF staff, worth $419m over four years, on resignations.

King, stepping in to comment, said she was pleased there had been a reduction in the number of army personnel requesting to leave the army.

A Ministry of Defence spokesman later confirmed that there had been a percentage decrease of 75 per cent in those requesting to leave the army.

So, it was announced on the 8th of May, and today is the 25th of May. Were there that many resignations a day, or a week, that they can reliably calculate a statistical trend where they can claim a 75% drop in resignations? Really? 

Sounds like more government spin brought to us by the presstitutes at the NZ Herald.

Even if there were four resignations in the first week of May and only 1 in the past week, it is still too many. The NZDF has already lost far too many due to bungled government handling and policy.

[30sqnatc]

Of cause resignations have have dropped right off. There no one left to put in their resignation

[Dave Homewood]

Probably the truth right there.

[typerated]

The NZDF has already lost far too many due to bungled government handling and policy.

What government handling and policy is causing the problem exactly?

[Dave Homewood]

Piss poor treatment of staff forced to work in MIQ was a huge catalyst for many banging out, and of course low pay.

[typerated]

MIQ was a crappy stick - but gone now.

Low pay - well almost all government employees can claim low pay with justification - Doctors, Nurses, Teachers, Prison Officers etc etc.
There is only so much money in the pot - you can spend less on gear and more on pay of course.
Maybe I have missed people complaining on the forum about buying new aircraft and saying the money should go into pay?

You can rob from other departments of course - but Health, Education, Social Welfare, Pensions and Prisons are all under funded. Defence is not special here.

The other option is to pay more tax!
I imagine many of the people who complain about lack of money into defence are not tax payers.

It might surprise some but most western militaries are facing the same issues - this is not an NZ thing - the pressures they face are the same.
To think it is the NZ government at fault is naïve.

Also I imagine most here have never had to do any form of a department budget.
Easy to be a whinger if you don't have to face the consequence of your actions and complete the circle.

[Dave Homewood]

Typerated, you are getting dangerously into the realms of "off topic" politics.