Economists, politicians and the recession (2)

I recently received in the post a nice glossy publication from the Office of the Prime Minister informing me what his government's work in the employment and work sector has been for the past couple of years and what the alleged plans for the near...

I recently received in the post a nice glossy publication from the Office of the Prime Minister informing me what his government's work in the employment and work sector has been for the past couple of years and what the alleged plans for the near future are. This expensive and shiny piece of work reminds me of the pre-2008 election governmental media PR splurge which was paid through the public coffers.

It appears that with the recession apparently being over, or so stated by our Prime Minister, our government has decided that it can spend our money to attempt a cosmetic amelioration of its image following months of well-deserved criticism.

The Nationalist Party has a right to spend its money as it deems fit but does the government have the right to do so using money garnished from our constantly devaluating earnings?

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