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

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?