Posted by alexandra_k on April 19, 2022, at 20:47:16
i mean, the world got to see how corrupt new zealand is when it came to building the infrastructure for the americas cup yacht race.
such events are massive excuses to fund-raise for infrastructure projects. sydney got a massive upgrade to it's subway / train system for the sydney olympic games, for example. hosting the games is meant to be a big deal because the massive influx of tourists (for a time) is meant to pay for infracture. hotels become more permanent accommodations. etc.
but trying to do business with new zealand.. jeepers. where does all the f*ck*ng money go???
you hemorrhage money on building consent nonsense. paying bribes, effectively. you pay teh council you pay the council you pay the council you pay the council you pay teh council you never stop paying the council. and still... no matter how much money you hemorrhage.. you only get more and more and more people wanting a piece of that pie...
and eventually you just gotta draw the line and cut the money ties off. withdraw and come up with a longer term plan or strategy for dealing with a country that is so f*ck*ng corrupt it doesn't see any corruption. no corruption. not a single case of corruption has ever been successfully prosecuted as such. nobody is in prison for misuse of public funds etc. but all the misuse of public funds...
so f*ck*ng corrupt.
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