We think Grant Robertson would have presented a plan to unleash the economy—well, we hoped, but he didn't—to cut red tape and reduce the tax burden; to incentivise investment, innovation, and risk-taking; to attract foreign capital and fire up private sector job creation. And instead of bringing us any ideas to get the economy going again, what we've got now is a total lack of ambition. These people can't even bring back the Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme. They can't even get apricots picked. They can't help the Pacific in the one way the Pacific wants it, which is, actually, money going into the Pacific earned by their own people, able to be spent by them. Instead, their answer is always more handouts—more money on Wellington bureaucrats. 