Instead, today what we saw is a Budget that's light on hope and utterly lacking in ambition—that's setting New Zealand up to fail. Our debt as a country is set to climb to $184 billion—more than $100,000 for every household. New Zealanders want to know what they're getting for that debt. They understand that borrowing only makes sense if it's invested well. The fact that our economy has held up better than feared gave the Government some options. They could have left our children with a smaller bill. They could have made it easier to hire or do business. They could have provided tax relief to hard-working families. They could have incentivised firms to invest in new technology and upgrade to more productive equipment. Instead, today all we heard of was 19th century technology and no plans for building technology for the future. They could have invested in infrastructure that would actually get the economy moving. Instead there's Meccano lessons now going to be held in Dunedin to put together presumably Chinese-made products. That seems to be the answer. 