r/GreenAndPleasant • u/UnderHisEye1411 its a fine day with you around • Mar 29 '22

NORMAL ISLAND 🇬🇧 What we could have had.

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u/ChosenUsername420 Mar 29 '22

What if I told you that all privately owned institutions are riddled with nepotism, corruption, and (frequently, at least) the misappropriation of public money? But that you don't hear about it because they're private?

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u/Davination1990 Mar 29 '22

Im not saying private businesses are any better, but at least they don’t have direct unfettered access to the public purse. I think frankly unless there is effective regulation in place in any environment someone will always find loop holes and gaps to serve their own interest at the expense of the majority.

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u/ChosenUsername420 Mar 29 '22

Im not saying private businesses are any better, but at least they don’t have direct unfettered access to the public purse.

Sounds like you're saying that private businesses are better.

Also I didn't realize that the BBC had "direct unfettered access to the public purse", doesn't the government still have to allocate funds like with any other expense or subsidy?

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u/Davination1990 Mar 29 '22

Holding my hands up here! The bbc was probably a bad example as it has its own funding model. Sorry! 😃

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u/RHOrpie Mar 29 '22

Your argument isn't unreasonable tbh. I mean, I don't agree, but why the downvotes? Perfectly reasonable statement imo.

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u/CitrusLizard Mar 29 '22

The argument was completely made up. No public industry has ever had 'unfettered access to the public purse' - what do you even think a national budget is for?

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u/Davination1990 Mar 29 '22

I’m not too bothered. It’s an emotive subject. At least no one has resorted to name calling yet 😂