13-11-2021, 09:50 AM
(21-10-2021, 10:27 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: It would have been nice though if our leadership - and not just political - had seized the covid lockdown period as an opportunity to switch focus towards self sufficiency and away from overshore production. I know some companies are doing it and others have plans, but when we cannot even produce our own cat food in sufficient quantities to keep our moggies alive, there is something really unbalanced about our economy. Our dependence on international suppliers is, as the OP points out, a serious weakness, and leaves us vulnerable in all kinds of ways.I'm not sure how long I've been saying that imo it would be no bad thing for every country to become as self sufficient as is possible - especially places like NZ where we're so far from others. What's needed, I think are politicians who can & do, look further forward than their terms.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)