No poop, Poirot!I don't know about some of our government operations.
Instead of taking the time to order the fencing and get someone to paint the "Hole" sign, why didn't they just fix the damn thing?
This has been here for over two weeks now.
And here's another example of your tax dollars at work (to quote from Jimmy B);
Even though it was well known that the existing layout at Ontario Place was on the chopping block, Ontario Place management still went ahead with a $1.8-million upgrade last year. $750,000 for a new water slide - that no one got to use because "unforeseen infrastructure and utility problems caused delay to the installation of the new Two Flume Water slide and it was not available for the summer season in 2011" (according to the Ontario Place spokesman).
And $1.1-million for a new pool and landscaping/infrastructure, which got used for 2011, but likely never again as the park is now closed, its future "under review".
If this had been done at my old company, or at almost any company in the private sector, those people would be fired. Instead, these guys probably just got their bonuses clipped a bit.
Or maybe not. "It's great you got that spending in under the wire."
I don't really care what stripe these pols are - Conservative, Liberal or Communist - I want fewer of them telling me what to do and spending my money.
Harumph!
Oh yeah, Happy Valentine's Day.
6 comments:
c'mon UC, your share, i.e. tax dollars, is a pretty insignificant amount to those costs, although your amount of taxes is significant to you. What do you figure your share is of that mil? It probably works out to nickles. I do concur, however, that it was a huge waste of dough!
Agreed. But if you add up all the botched projects by all levels of gov't, it adds up.
And private industry never makes mistakes...only government! Did you ever think about all the things you get for your tax dollars?
I never said private industry doesn't make mistakes. But when they do, those responsible often pay the price. To ensurfe accountability.
And I do, Dave. I think about what I get for my tax dollars. Every day....
and how many tax dollars are spent cleaning up private industry mistakes.... mines...oil spills...failing buildings bridges roads... banking...etc..etc..
Yeah, I don't know how many Enron and Nortel and automaker and bank and Lehman Brothers execs really paid for anything they f***ed up. Though they might have fired a few thousand employees anyway. Not to mention the ones that lost their jobs when the house of cards fell down.
I think it's quite sweet that you still have these illusions after all your years in a multinational corp.
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