Use it or lose it mentality is costing us billions...


	Use it or lose it mentality is costing us billions...

sobriquet2

9-27-2009 2:24 PM

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sobriquet2 says:

This small example is symptomatic of the public sector philosophy driving extravagance. We also heard today of a scholl paying £35k for a photocopier that should have cost£1k!

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