Monday, May 21, 2007

Tax-payer -funded theft

NZPA reportson how 15 former WINZ staff who stole from WINZ are now on benefits and repaying the money from their benefits.

As DPFsays, the taxpayer:

* paid them a salary while employed by WINZ
* had them steal an additional $1 million from us from being paid by us
* had us no doubt fund their legal aid
* are now giving them a benefit
* and we are getting repaid out of the very benefit we are giving them

Wow we lose out big don't we.

However, I would note the taxpayer:

* paid Labour MPs a salary while employed by the taxpayer
* had them steal an additional $800,000 from us while being paid by us
* had us no doubt fund their legal advice leading to a law change
* has now paid for their pay increases which could assist in paying back the money for the theft - but they conducted a tax-payer funded campaign asking others to assist in paying it back for them.
* so we were repaid out of the very money we are giving them - and NOBODY GOT PROSECUTED.

Wow we lose out big don't we.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Dave
If it sounds like a thief and walks like a thief and looks like a thief?
What is it?

It doesn't matter what the law says as they just work around that anyway.
besides something doesn't have to be illegal to be wrong.

But what does it say to the younger generation coming through?
MikeNZ