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<pre><tt>Where do you draw the line?</tt></pre>
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If a 'government company' has 50% of its income from a government allocation and the rest from elsewhere (e.g. contracts with private companies/individuals) is it 'government' or not?</tt></pre>
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On 04/11/18 20:19, Allan Mustard wrote:<br>
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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" moz-do-not-send="true"><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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<pre wrap="">what about government owned companies? Should they get a government tag?
Cheers, Martin
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