Originally Posted by
oldfella
Are we turning into a bunch of cynics? A crew is sent on a mercy mission in order to save a baby and this generates cries of "Who is picking up the bill"
And another fish is hauled out of the sea.
Cynic is the true word.
As Maple 1 says
Unfortunately, in a move that could only have been inspired by accountants, government agencies pay the admin costs to shuffle around virtual money that eventually comes out of the same financial pot anyway
During Op Fresco the ODPM was billed for everything from CD Players, kettles, toasters, to subsistence and accommodation.
The Execs are keen to outload as much of any additional costs from the Defence budget and onto another department as possible. It is not entirely new. In the kipper fleet, if we had the odd half-hour, we used to log fisheries or oil rig surveillance aand bill the Dept for Energy (or whatever) and MAFF.
Long gone are the days when we could do a favour for 'free' now someone is there with apen and paper to write out an invoice.