[Lightspeed]

*sigh*

Maybe you'll recall plans for a knowledge economy. Raise an educated, robust, intelligent population, working in high value industries.

Maybe you'll recall National getting in and saying "fuck all that, lets go dairy and tourism", scrapping the kinds of things that go towards building an intelligent work force (from early childhood education through to post graduate study.) Using migration to prop up our economy in lieu of a high value work force. If you DID happen to get a good education, well, plenty of good jobs overseas. I didn't, I always have to look up how to spell "lieu".

Or is your memory wiped each election?