Comments on: Why the Taxpayers’ Alliance is wrong to oppose public sector experiments http://www.markpack.org.uk/taxpayers-alliance/ Mark's blog about politics, technology and history Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:14:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Taxpayers’ Alliance: a case of Web 2.0 hypocrisy? | Mark Pack http://www.markpack.org.uk/taxpayers-alliance/comment-page-1/#comment-2171 Taxpayers’ Alliance: a case of Web 2.0 hypocrisy? | Mark Pack Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:22:16 +0000 http://www.markpack.org.uk/?p=3740#comment-2171 [...] a terrible waste (even if you spend that time in your lunch hour), public sector bodies should never change their financial policies (a bit weird, you might think, give the TPA’s policy is to call for change, but hey ho) and [...] [...] a terrible waste (even if you spend that time in your lunch hour), public sector bodies should never change their financial policies (a bit weird, you might think, give the TPA’s policy is to call for change, but hey ho) and [...]

]]> By: Taxpayers’ Alliance: a case of Web 2.0 hypocrisy? http://www.markpack.org.uk/taxpayers-alliance/comment-page-1/#comment-2166 Taxpayers’ Alliance: a case of Web 2.0 hypocrisy? Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:21:42 +0000 http://www.markpack.org.uk/?p=3740#comment-2166 [...] a terrible waste (even if you spend that time in your lunch hour), public sector bodies should never change their financial policies (a bit weird, you might think, give the TPA’s policy is to call for change, but hey ho) and [...] [...] a terrible waste (even if you spend that time in your lunch hour), public sector bodies should never change their financial policies (a bit weird, you might think, give the TPA’s policy is to call for change, but hey ho) and [...]

]]> By: Mark Reckons http://www.markpack.org.uk/taxpayers-alliance/comment-page-1/#comment-2130 Mark Reckons Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:53:59 +0000 http://www.markpack.org.uk/?p=3740#comment-2130 I think this ties in neatly with the point I was trying to make with my post. The TPA is so successful at getting its message across and has created such a narrative that perfectly reasonable public expenditure is starting to be painted as wasteful or unneccessary. I of course agree there is waste of public money and it needs to be reigned in but there is a real risk of throwing the baby out with the bathwater if the TPA agenda continues to become embedded in this way. I think this ties in neatly with the point I was trying to make with my post. The TPA is so successful at getting its message across and has created such a narrative that perfectly reasonable public expenditure is starting to be painted as wasteful or unneccessary.

I of course agree there is waste of public money and it needs to be reigned in but there is a real risk of throwing the baby out with the bathwater if the TPA agenda continues to become embedded in this way.

]]>