Our View: Money for employment schemes could be better spent elsewhere

Tax revenue must be steadily rising, and the government has more money to spend than it had budgeted. There can be no other explanation for the bizarre decision to offer companies cash subsidies to hire unemployed men over 50 years of age and unemployed women of all ages. Three new schemes , worth €15 million, will be submitted for approval by the council of ministers next week, Labour Minister Yiannis