In the news lately, quite a few experts have been pointing the finger at Government spending as one of the reasons for high interest rates and the high dollar. Well, we got this 'soap box' (click picture to see larger version) at work in the mail a few days ago. It's part of a 'buy kiwi made' campaign put together by Sue Bradford and costing 6.3 Million dollars. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm all for buying kiwi-made, but why the soap-box?In the soap-box were 4 postcards (is someone really going to post those?) and a poster.
I gave it to the boss but he didn't want it; he said he'd already read about it in the newspaper. The boss gave the poster to the foreman who took one look at it and screwed it up and threw it in the bin (that's why it's missing in the picture).
Seems like a huge waste of money to me.