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My response as head of NZDF would be:1) "okay, what's the budget for all the public-facing things we do? Is that 6.5% of the total? Announce that we're going to cut all that." Await massive public outcry over things like SAR and all the other stuff the public loves seeing.2) After public outcry forces retraction of plan 1, announce that the pay for all servicemembers will be cut to get the required 6.5% savings. That's probably a 20% pay cut, placing most of the NZDF on public assistance.3) After further public outcry forces retraction of plan 2, find the next big high-profile item to threaten to cut.4) repeat until the government suffers an outbreak of common sense and tells the NZDF that they don't have to make any cuts.
My response as head of NZDF would be:
1) "okay, what's the budget for all the public-facing things we do? Is that 6.5% of the total? Announce that we're going to cut all that." Await massive public outcry over things like SAR and all the other stuff the public loves seeing.
2) After public outcry forces retraction of plan 1, announce that the pay for all servicemembers will be cut to get the required 6.5% savings. That's probably a 20% pay cut, placing most of the NZDF on public assistance.
3) After further public outcry forces retraction of plan 2, find the next big high-profile item to threaten to cut.
4) repeat until the government suffers an outbreak of common sense and tells the NZDF that they don't have to make any cuts.
