How Your MHKs Spend Your Money
Public money should serve the public.
Your elected representatives decide how your money is spent.
Sometimes those spending decisions reflect the priorities of the public.
Sometimes they do not.The example below highlights how millions of pounds can be spent before real benefits are delivered to the people of the Isle of Man.
£3.1m consultants example.
Every pound the government spends comes from the people of the Isle of Man.
Through taxes, duties, and public revenue, it is your money that funds government decisions.
Your elected MHKs decide how that money is spent on your behalf.
The example below shows how millions of pounds can be spent before any real benefit reaches the public.
The Perverse Priorities of Your Current Politicians
£3.1 Million on Wind Turbine Consultations and Reports
What £3.1 Million of Your Money Could Have Paid For
| Instead of Reports and Consultants | It Could Have Paid For |
|---|---|
| £3.1M on wind turbine consultations | 50,000 NHS dental treatments |
| 30 dentists for a full year | |
| 77,000 GP appointments | |
| 60 nurses for a year |
When people ask “how can you afford the changes you say you will make?” the answer is simple: stop spending millions on reports and consultations and start directing that money to services people actually need.
“How can we afford to fix the dentist waiting list?
By spending public money on people — not reports and consultants.”