Written By:
James Henderson - Date published:
6:50 am, August 13th, 2012 - 4 comments
Categories: public services -
Tags: government waste
The Nats spent $420,000 on branding for the Ministry of Science and Innovation, which only existed for 18 months before being swallowed by MoBIE. It included money for branded play putty… Shearer’s right: “The Government’s supposed public service reform is an incoherent ego trip for ministers. First Wayne Mapp wanted a stand-alone science ministry. But it was a case of new minister, new ministry as Steven Joyce came in and created his MoBIE empire”
The current rise of populism challenges the way we think about people’s relationship to the economy.We seem to be entering an era of populism, in which leadership in a democracy is based on preferences of the population which do not seem entirely rational nor serving their longer interests. ...
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MoBIE DICK and his giant Blowhole
F**ken douches! I could have project managed the whole thing for around $5k – $10k + print/web costs + GST!
This is what happens when you don’t have a plan… denied of course by the more rabid Nat supporter, but wasted money happens when you have no plan beyond the nightly polls you read…
‘The result of having a plan that doesn’t stretch beyond the nightly political polls you see on the television’.
‘Smile and wave’ your way through a ‘relaxed’ 3 year term in office ‘bouncing from cloud to cloud’.
Even if it costs tax payers $420,000 per time.
Taxes
Labour – for productive investment
National – for PR consultants