Thursday, February 12, 2015

almost no government money for historians, but plenty for a casino operator


In NZ news from a couple of days ago was this item which began:

"Prime Minister John Key won't rule out using taxpayer money to stop SkyCity's convention centre becoming an "eyesore". Mr Key expressed doubts over the wisdom of insisting the casino operator sticks to the initial $402 million spending plan for the building of the convention centre.
"I'm keen to see the best convention centre I can for Auckland, because this is a very long-term asset, so I would hate to see some sort of eyesore constructed down town."  Read the rest

We can't help compare the hundreds of millions the government is willing to give to a profitable business with the measly total $85,000 or so that it makes available to researchers who want a grant to write a book about an aspect of the country's history.  Disgraceful.

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