First you lie to the voters. Say any damn thing to get elected.
Then, you put in place big tax cuts and spend like hell. Borrow whatever you need. Break the public service. Impoverish and degrade the social safety net.
You can "cut bureaucracy" be gutting the agencies that protect the environment - air, water quality, worker safety, any sort of "profit-limiting" regulatory body is a target for cutting and gutting.
Most especially, you gut the bodies that monitor the disastrous effects your other cuts are having. If you can't shut them down entirely, you stack them with your people....who will say what you want them to say.
The "public / private parterships" become a system of patronage where only those who make exclusive donations to your party are rewarded with contracts. Jeb Bush lead the way there in Forida and much of the rest of the US is now following his example.
To lock this madness in, get rid of MMP......because democracy is the only thing that can stop it.
The hints abroad so far make it appear that New Zealand is about to head down this long, dark tunnel if National were to govern alone after the elections.
If that came to pass, heading to Australia would appear to be the only way out.
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