The Civilian’s Budget

The Civilian did its own take on the Budget. Some highlights:

• $1.7 billion to buy back Mighty River Power after Tony Ryall began missing it.

• $1 billion to build roads that go around Hamilton instead of through it.

• $64 for Bill English to get his printer fixed.

• $500 in legal fees for Colin Craig.

• $800 million to Gore, just to see what happens.

• $30,000 for production of Air New Zealand safety video starring Maurice Williamson.

• $170,000 for undercover double agent speech writer for David Shearer.

• $20,000 to figure out why a McDonald’s deluxe cheeseburger costs less than a regular one.

• $250 million to make the transformers in the national grid look more like the ones in the movie Transformers.

I especially like the $800 million for Gore, as an experiment.