Finance Minister Yair Lapid's election campaign was conducted under the winning slogan, it must be admitted, 'Where is the money?' He directed all the frustration and pain of the weaker classes and the middle class towards the Haredi parties. In every household, even the smallest circle, he would ask with a tearful eye and a happy heart, 'Where did the money go?''<\/p>\r\n
Candidate Lapid managed to 'buy' me too with his flame-throwing speeches. It wasn't hard to connect with an election campaign that promises to give you back the money you so desperately need.<\/p>\r\n
But the law of 'constructive communication and destructive communication' also applies to Lapid himself.<\/p>\r\n
The same media that publicized Lapid's campaign is the one that reported this week on the new findings, according to which the Ministry of Finance, which is headed by the best media minister, spent 1.7 million shekels last year on bonding days for its employees, and paid a huge sum of almost half a million shekels for a Hanukkah party for the employees' children.<\/p>\r\n
In addition, the Ministry of Finance distributed gifts to employees in Sukkots totaling NIS 640,000. In addition, Yair Lapid took care of the health of his employees, and approved NIS 50,000 for gymnastics classes for men and women. NIS 14,800 was paid for volleyball training, NIS 12,500 was paid for participation in the Yadda district, and NIS 128,000 was paid for a four-day stay in Eilat for participants in the Yadda district.<\/p>\r\n
And how is it possible without flowers: In 2013, the office paid 10,000 shekels for bouquets, and 148,000 shekels for "long white thread." Washing curtains cost 50,000 shekels, renewing membership in the Museums Association cost 4,060 shekels, and producing an outstanding employee ceremony cost 235,000 shekels.<\/p>\r\n
Education Minister Shai Piron, who is in second place in the Yesh Atid party, spent over two million shekels on meals and entertainment, not counting the refrigerators he installed in his car with his deputy Mickey Levy, another senior party official. The details of the engagements also show that in addition to all the above-mentioned spending, Minister Shai Piron likes to relax in an armchair worth 3,980 shekels while he manages education affairs in Israel.<\/p>\r\n
In addition, Piron spent another 11,000 shekels on the "furniture" item. A particularly interesting item in the ministry's budget is "round stickers for the minister's office," which were priced at no less than 76,000 shekels. These are just some of the expenses.<\/p>\r\n
So what did we get out of this? One good thing: the money that Yair Lapid searched for with dedication and concern was found in his pants pockets.<\/p>\r\n
And now for a moment of seriousness, free from all cynicism: In the coming weeks, he will repeatedly stand on the Knesset podium, asking all parties to vote on the state budget that he wants to approve. How can Minister Lapid stand before his voters and ask them, "Where is the money?" We can shout the answer to him loudly: The money is with you, Mr. Minister.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last year, the Ministry of Finance spent 1.7 million shekels on team building days for its employees, and hundreds of thousands of shekels on gifts, exercise classes, and curtains. So, next time, Mr. Finance Minister, you ask, "Where is the money?", check your pants pockets.","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-138"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n