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心理健康：投资的19亿美元去哪儿了？

Rememberthe "Wellbeing Budget"? In 2019, Jacinda Ardern made a huge splash ininternational media with her $1.9 billion investment announcement in mentalhealth.

还记得“福利预算”吗？2019年，杰辛达·阿德恩（Jacinda Ardern）宣布对心理健康领域投资19亿美元，在国际媒体上引起了巨大反响。

Popularleftwing American news site Vox said the Budget showed how Ardern's Government"emphasizes citizen happiness over capitalist gain."

美国著名左翼新闻网站沃克斯（Vox）指出，预算案表明了阿德恩政府在“重视公民幸福高于资本主义利益”方面所做的努力。

Butthey also quoted your humble Taxpayers' Union: in the same article, I warnedthat the Government could just be throwing money into a black hole.

但他们也引用了我们新西兰纳税人联盟的陋见：在同一篇文章中，我警告过政府可能只是把钱丢进了黑洞。

Twoyears later, it's fair to say the results are in: the $1.9 billion announcementbought us just five new mental health beds. If that's not a case of moneydisappearing into the abyss, I don't know what is.

两年后，投资结果揭晓，客观地说：当初宣布投入的19亿美元只为我们买了五张心理健康的新床位。如果这不是拿钱打了水漂，我不知道什么才是。

Meanwhile,mental health advocate Mike King has returned his order of merit medal, sayingthat in hindsight, the $1.9 billion actually made life worse for people byproviding a sense of false hope.

同时，心理健康倡导者迈克·金已经退回了他的荣誉勋章。他说，现在看来，这19亿美元给人们提供了一种虚假的希望，反而让人们的生活变得更糟了。

TheHealth Minister's response? He says he's "frustrated".

卫生部长对此如何回应呢?他直言很“沮丧”。

Taxpayers'Union Analyst Neil Miller has penned a ferocious op-ed in response:

纳税人联盟分析师尼尔·米勒撰写了一篇激烈的专栏文章回应此事。

Sorry Andrew Little, that is simply notgood enough.

抱歉，安德鲁·利特尔，但这个回答真的没法令人满意。

You are not an impartial observer, amidevel official, a health journalist, or a political commentator. You arethe Minister of Health, you are the boss, and you should have been all overthis issue months ago.

你不是中立的观察员，也不是中层官员、卫生记者或政治评论家。你是卫生部长，你是领导，你应在几个月前就关注到这个问题。

Too often we are seeing Ministers ofthe Crown responding to a lack of results in their portfolio by saying they are“disappointed”, “frustrated”, “annoyed”, or that their “expectations have notbeen met”.

我们看到，政府的部长们回应项目没有取得实效时，经常会说他们很“失望”、“沮丧”、“恼火”或“没有实现预期效果”。

Ministers seem to assume that issuing apress release means the policy, after being developed by a Working Group and/orExpert Advisory Board, will be implemented on the frontlines.

部长们似乎认为，发布新闻稿即意味着工作组和/或专家顾问委员会制定的政策可以在一线推行实施了。

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