Recently, the government of New Zealand released spending information regarding government credit cards that the members of parliament receive. Apparently, some of the highlights, which made it to the front page of the national newspaper New Zealand Hearald, included such shockers as "so and so had a dinner at KFC on such and such date." I found this hilarious, as I am used to hearing about multi-million dollar misappropriation of funds in the US, and that isn't even worth talking about! One of the people in the lunch room I was eating in looked at the paper and commented on "oh my goodness, so and so spent $600 of government money on two suitcases!"
Another hilarious story I heard someone tell was that one of the ministers was revealed to have spent $20 on a mirror. After being questioned, he explained that the mirror was in his office, as he uses it to straighten his tie. But he decided to pay the $20 back to the government anyway!
Hilarious. Another example of why New Zealand has the highest rating of governmental trust in the world.
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