Maybe marketing wasn't the answer, so then they fell back on the classic Labour adage "Throw a few billion dollars at it, and then hope for the best". The $2.5 billion support package, which councils can spend on pretty much anything, shows how desperate this Government is to buy support. The money is being borrowed against these water entities, putting them directly in debt before they even start operating, with the rest being taken out of the back pockets of hard-working Kiwis, who are out there without a single metre of water pipe being put in the ground. 