Mark Cameron
ACT Primary Industries spokesperson
The Government is unwilling and unable to say how many people it’s employing full time in the Jobs for Nature programme.
This programme is costing taxpayers $1.2 billion dollars. The intent of the programme is good, but like most things with this Government the cost-benefit analysis just doesn’t add up.
It’s costing taxpayers $820 for every hour worked. That’s not value for money.
The Government spin when it announced this programme was that it would employ 11,000 people.
But most of the jobs are temporary or part-time. It does nothing to get New Zealanders into long-term sustainable employment.
This is just another expensive shambles from the Labour Government. At a time when debt has ballooned it’s happy to throw around taxpayers’ money without a care for the value it gets, or the impact on future generations.
It’s time to give up on this expensive programme and start spending taxpayers’ money more responsibly.
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