But Mrs Turia acknowledged the difficulty of re-introducing such programmes, saying colleagues were more interested in schemes promoting "sustainable employment".
"While I believe in that, I think that in times of really high unemployment, if we were to have make-work schemes then it's highly likely we will see what happened in the 80s where the crime rate will be lowered.
Crime will be lowered? When did that happen?
Make-work schemes divert money from the people who would create real jobs. Turia's 'colleagues' understand this.
Make-work schemes don't lower crime. The creation of more weavers and bone carvers is not a vital public service. So why advocate them?
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I immediately suspected when I read the article that you would have the appropriate stats on hand to denounce such lunacy.
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