Friday, June 19, 2015

Steven Joyce's Ministry spends up big on new offices


Steven Joyce's Ministry of Economic Development, or as it has renamed itself Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment, moved its offices recently a few blocks into the Wellington central city.

This report on the stuff website about it spending $140,000 on a TV set for its reception area when it was refurbishing the offices (not to mention a $70,000 sign outside, the same amount on a reception desk, and two hair straighteners) is a good example of what government departments and agencies will do with other people’s money (i.e. the taxpayers) when they don’t think they will have to answer for it! And the boss of this department gets paid $600,000 a year, more than the President of the USA gets...

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