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Originally Posted by Penguin
The biggest problem is the missing accountability. We did not only see a tripling of the costs, but also some stuff where the manufacturer screwed up. Of course nobody gets held accountable for this and gets fired or fined. Neither the political decision makers, nor the contractors. From what I read, some costs raised, due to failure on the manufacturers side. The nonpublic contracts are always watertight by the company's lawyers. So of course the taxpayer has to jump in for the bill. 
Remember all the populist talk about Toll Collect, where some politicians promised to get some penalty money back from the manufacturers which didn't manage to start the system in time? Mysteriously they are all very quiete now - nothing hidden in a 17000 pages contract... |
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http://www.focus.de/politik/gastkolu...d_1075311.html
In case you belong to those German people not liking Sarrazin, ignore your antipathy and read it nevertheless. It's hard to disagree with him there.