But we must also be compassionate, caring spenders of that money.
That was the signal that we were asking should be sent to even the low spenders.
This gave every low spender a major gain.
The new grant system introduced in 1981 did not check the high spenders because there was insufficient local accountability under the rating system.
We are being forced into restructuring because other government departments have become very big spenders.
Much the largest proportion of a regional council's budget—it is such councils that are the big spenders—is concerned with education.
Thirdly, the 18 high spenders have been rate-capped.
If one looks at the back of a rate demand, one will find that education is far and away the biggest spender.
