In response to this cost of living crisis, the Opposition have revived their old faithful trickle-down economics, floating tax cuts, cuts to spending, cuts to workers' and renters' and beneficiaries' rights—straight out of the 1980s tax book—playbook, rather. These aren't solutions; they are once again declaring a war on the poor, which is why I implore the other side of the House, Labour, to stop playing by this tired neo-liberal playbook. The Nats will always be able to argue that they will tighten up the books. It's because they don't care about the people and the planet that they have to sacrifice to get there. 