1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: I have had it with people whinging about the state 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:05,880 Speaker 1: of this country and people flying to Australia who then 3 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: refuse to stop and ask why we got here and 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 1: how we get out of it. Chucking up a post 5 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: on TikTok or waving a banner at a protest ain't 6 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:17,439 Speaker 1: going to cut it. Productivity. That's how much we get 7 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: in for what we put out is crap. It's been 8 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: getting worse or flatlining for decades now. Australia's is better 9 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,440 Speaker 1: over in Australia, wages of thirty percent higher. We're smaller. 10 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 1: We have to be smarter and that means doing what 11 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 1: the banner waivers of the world hate most. Getting roadblocks, 12 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:37,839 Speaker 1: innovation killers, ie government out of the way. Doing business 13 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: needs to be as cheap and easy as possible. Education 14 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: needs to be world class and focused on the right stuff. 15 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:47,199 Speaker 1: Let smart people be smart people and do what they 16 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:52,519 Speaker 1: do best. Invent, optimize, invest, grow, thrive. We did this 17 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 1: post Muldoon with agriculture subsidies and deregulate. Does subsidies gone 18 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: and deregulation and now we're the most productive in the 19 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: world at it It's there are, of course, those who 20 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: reckon the solution to all of our problems is to 21 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: have a politician sign a piece of paper and artificially 22 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: increase the minimum wage. We'll write a blank check to teachers. 23 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: As academic results head south. The question for them is 24 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: who's going to pay for it? When our best and 25 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: brightest are leaving New Zealand and businesses are closing, who 26 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: can afford that? Show me a democracy that got rich 27 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: by increasing the size and influence of government, and I'll 28 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: give you a million bucks, and not one of those 29 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 1: Scandinavian ones which did it off the back of massive 30 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: mineral deposits which we're not allowed to touch. Remember, we've 31 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:41,680 Speaker 1: fallen so far behind. We can't be managing a one 32 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: and a half or two percent GDP economy. This country 33 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: needs seven percent for at least three years. This country 34 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 1: needs a growth spurt. We've fallen too far behind. Please 35 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: don't be fooled by the false prophets waiving their banners 36 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: and posting their nonsense. They've got no idea what they're 37 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 1: talking about. For more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, 38 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: listen live to News Talk Set B from five am weekdays, 39 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.