Particular concerns that the politicians are not focusing on: eg increasing inequality, asset sales can equal asset stripping as per railways and Telecom, ethical investments, employment – where are the jobs?, greater support for pre-school education and health care at no cost (we spend much less on children than other developed economies with more costly consequences later on), concern that we will trade away Pharmac under US pressure to gain a Free Trade Agreement, need to promote a greater sense of social responsibility.