Campbell Live caravan: 2011 budget edition

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Fri, 20 May 2011 7:00p.m.

John Key and Bill English have been doing the rounds today, telling everyone why yesterday's budget was so good. We decided we'd just ask what you thought.

But not just the budget, we wanted to know about the cost of living, about how life is for you and your family in general.

So, after stints in Christchurch and the far north, we dusted off the Campbell Live caravan and took it to the people.

Click on the video tab above to see what Auckland thought of this year’s budget.

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23 May 2011 07:19p.m.

Sharni wrote:

hi i thought that instead of the wellywood sign you could use wellington in maori from sharni (12 years old)

21 May 2011 06:41p.m.

Aryan wrote:

I’m so over listening to the wingers comparing the have to the have nots. People have to take responsibility for their own position in life. It’s not my fault that you decided to leave school early therefore closing the door on job opportunities. After watching the caravan interviews it was interesting to see the business suits saying the budget was fair considering how much NZ is borrowing. And it was also interesting seeing the poorly dressed and obviously uneducated people complaining that their handout isn’t what they wanted. I find it refreshing when stereotypes are confirmed. Boohoo labour supporters. No sympathy. I’m over seeing state houses with sky tv dishes on the roof and a nice car in the drive. I’m over people who think it’s their right to receive a handout even though they have paid stuff all tax in their lives. The money should be reserved for retirees. People who have contributed for many years deserve it.

21 May 2011 08:29a.m.

Mike wrote:

How about showing some NZ'r on low income who can budget and live on a low income?

Oh wait! That wouldn't be tabloid TV!

The series on this/that person/family living on incomes was an exercise in budgetry failure and bad choices. Eg the Clayton family which for less food expense could have eaten every meal as a takeaway from Subway! Subway isn't cheap, but can be cheaper than whatever the Claytons were eating. Subway also has its school program - 6 inch subs for $3 each, plus a rewards card that will clock up points which would equate to around $10/wk. Subway also includes cheese, 6 slices each per person per day of luxery the Claytons couldn't afford!

Take Breakfast, subway I priced 1/2 a footlong (sub of the day) for $3.95 (1/2 of 7.90) each or $110.60 for a week of breakfast. I looked up last shopping docket and Milk @ $3.59, 600gm cereal (grains +fruit, not cheapest, nor that expensive, weetbix and porridge much cheaper) @ $3.89. Pour 200ml of milk in with 50 gms of cereal - 1 breakfast! The boys probably eat 2x that. So 6 servings of breakfast in cereal = 0.359 of milk and 0.324 of cereal each serving = 68.3 cents a serving = $4.10/day and $28.69 for the week. ie almost 1/4 the cost of subway which the Claytons (can't afford cheese, jam sandwitches) could have eaten for less than whatever they did eat!

If the Claytons had REALLY tried they could have cut the family food bill to around $150 vs the $350. Thats the difference between rich and poor in NZ. The rich can take say $350 to spend on food, eat adequately and healthily for like $150 with $200 left - so they must be 'rich'. While the poor in the same situation make poor choices and have nothing left from say $350. This is why Labour call farmers 'rich' because they are used to making do with less and since Labour always makes poor choices in govt, nobody could possibly live off what farmers do or work the long hours ...

21 May 2011 07:37a.m.

eve wrote:

Again more people who did not listen to the budget very well, most lower level families are going to be better off.