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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">If it is a profitable
company that adds to the government's coffers, such as the Budvar
brewery in the Czech Republic, which is government owned, I'd
say no. It should be tagged as a brewery. Same logic would
apply to Rosoboronexport, which is Russia's second-largest
revenue earner as an arms exporter. Petronas, the Malaysian
government gas and oil company, should be tagged as a gas and
oil company. Same for Pemex, Petroleo Mexicano, as well as the
grocery stores the Bangladeshi army operates.<br>
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">If it is a
budget-dependent company/corporation, such as the Commodity
Credit Corporation of the U.S. government, which generates no
revenue of its own and relies wholly on appropriations from the
U.S. Congress, yes, it should be tagged government. As Deep Throat
said, "Follow the money!"</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">apm-wa</font><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/4/2018 1:29 PM, Martin
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<pre wrap="">On 4. Nov 2018, at 05:54, Allan Mustard <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:allan@mustard.net"><allan@mustard.net></a> wrote:
Paul, as Deep Throat told Bob Woodward, "Follow the money." Who pays the rent on the office and who pays the salary of the occupant? If the filthy lucre comes out of the government budget, and the office is used by someone drawing a government salary (as all executives, legislators, and judges do, or are supposed to, at least) then it is a government office.
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what about government owned companies? Should they get a government tag?
Cheers, Martin
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