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Originally Posted by timun
The problem I have with incessant whining about government spending is that it's almost always without any context whatsoever, other than "it seems like a lot".
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I see your point about whining without digging for context, but at the same time it's an unreasonable expectation that your average citizen go through this process for each government contract or budget item that gets awarded.
We need to be able to trust our elected officials are doing the appropriate bidding, tendering for quotes and selecting things wisely.
This passport thing is just a symptom of that larger problem, which is distrust in this government to spend fairly and appropriately, based on numerous examples of waste & cronyism contracts.
Now people want to pick at everything and the opposition wants to use everything as ammo.
They may have nailed the passport budget, maybe even saved us money, but people are understandably sceptical of them now.
I don't need to go through every government contract with a fine tooth comb to be entitled to say they're a wasteful government and I don't trust their finances.
The trust is gone, the ship has sailed.