The "Real World" pay envelope

Wonders how this "real world" government can find 1.6 billion dollars to bail out poor investment choices in South Canterbury, but can't increase the size of the "envelope" given to the Ministry of Education to stop New Zealand trained teachers leaving for better paid and better conditioned teaching positions overseas. Maybe the "real world" that Mr Key speaks of is one of is filled people who have enough to save and invest in dodgy schemes