Cheese rolls & eye-rolls: Twitter reacts to #NZBudget2018
Yesterday was Budget Day, and since our Labour-led government released its first budget, Twitter has been afire with responses full of wit, criticism and support.
Here is how Twitter responded to Budget Day 2018:
With a nod to my southern roots, its cheese rolls with the PM for my Budget morning snack @jacindaardern pic.twitter.com/gXnZ8Ctyl9
— Grant Robertson (@grantrobertson1) May 16, 2018
Can't they just send the budget out on a PDF? @NZGreens must be horrified #NZBudget2018
— Paul Brown (@pebrown7) May 15, 2018
Holy hika a measly $37 mill for Māori in budget from 12 plus Labour MPs versus $140 mill from two Māori Party MPs. We getting mainstreamed again
— Te Ururoa Flavell (@TeUruroaFlavell) May 17, 2018
National's spin is like a fad diet. You can't fix nine years of consuming the wrong stuff, in an instant. #NZBudget2018 #nzpol
— Dalene (@MsWonderOutLoud) May 17, 2018
Remember when you were a kid - asked your parents for $? "Wait and see" was code for *false hope* #NZBudget2018 pic.twitter.com/ZjAGHPzA3d
— Tasha Hohaia (@tashahohaia) May 16, 2018
Where is the funding allocated to cover a nursing pay boost? Extra funding for DHBs enough to continue ‘business as usual' but not extra to cover pay increases? Though extra $100 m for DHB deficits #Budget2018 #NZBudget2018 — Nursing Review NZ (@NursingReviewNZ) May 17, 2018
“A lot of shouty shouty, and not a lot of planny planny”. LINE OF THE YEAR #Budget2018
— Will Matthews (@WillAMatthews) May 17, 2018
Another Budget promise delivered. #NZBudget2018 pic.twitter.com/HS4GBZQhKt
— New Zealand Treasury (@nztreasury) May 17, 2018
#FactCheck Labour has been promising health as a top priority for this budget. Yet they are spending less than National did last year #Budget2018 pic.twitter.com/qzcfzJLcH2
— NZ National Party (@NZNationalParty) May 17, 2018
The Coalition Government is investing $750m in health capital in Budget 2018. That compares to $150m by National in Budget 2017. $750m is larger than $150m. We are investing $3.2bn in health operating vs $2.2 bn by Budget 2017. $3.2bn is larger than $2.2bn. #FactCheckCheck
— New Zealand Labour (@nzlabour) May 17, 2018
A National Government I lead will make the boat go faster, not drop anchor on New Zealand. #Budget2018
— Simon Bridges (@simonjbridges) May 17, 2018
Our Rt Hon PM @jacindaardern is in super form and cleans the floor with the @NZNationalParty Leader of the opposition speech. A whole new meaning to ‘spray and wipe!' #Budget2018 pic.twitter.com/jSbQq15Vw3
— Marja Lubeck (@MarjaLubeck) May 17, 2018
But they had plenty of money for #WinstonsWishlist of racehorses, embassies and foreign aid
— Amy Adams (@amyadamsMP) May 17, 2018
