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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mas.to/users/RichardJMurphy/statuses/112477448494472142">Richard Murphy (richardjmurphy@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 21-May-2024 15:45:19 JST</a><a href="https://mas.to/@RichardJMurphy" title="richardjmurphy@mas.to"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/25084-48-20221112215933.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Richard Murphy" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Richard Murphy</a></section><article><p>Governments fail when they act in the interests of powerful people <a href="https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/05/21/governments-fail-when-they-act-in-the-interests-of-powerful-people/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/05/21/governments-fail-when-they-act-in-the-interests-of-powerful-people/</a> The infected blood inquiry revealed a failure and then, worse still, a cover up. The failure was bad enough. But it is the abuse of power to protect those who failed that compounds that and makes it so egregious. Government cannot be run to protect the powerful. It’s meant to do the opposite.</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3120656#notice-6181516">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-05-21T15:45:19+09:00" title="Tuesday, 21-May-2024 15:45:19 JST">about a year ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mas.to/@RichardJMurphy/112477448494472142" rel="external" title="Sent from mas.to via ActivityPub">mas.to</a></span></span><a href="https://mas.to/@RichardJMurphy/112477448494472142">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: www.taxresearch.org.uk</div><h5><a href="https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/05/21/governments-fail-when-they-act-in-the-interests-of-powerful-people/">Governments fail when they act in the interests of powerful people</a></h5><div> from <span>Richard Murphy</span></div></header><div>As is obvious from much of what I write, I believe that governments can be both benign and profoundly beneficial to the population of a jurisdiction.I am not, however, naive. Long experience has made me aware that the processes of government can be corrupted, and all too often are.I stress...</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Richard Murphy (richardjmurphy@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 21-May-2024 15:45:19 JST Richard Murphy
Governments fail when they act in the interests of powerful people https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/05/21/governments-fail-when-they-act-in-the-interests-of-powerful-people/ The infected blood inquiry revealed a failure and then, worse still, a cover up. The failure was bad enough. But it is the abuse of power to protect those who failed that compounds that and makes it so egregious. Government cannot be run to protect the powerful. It’s meant to do the opposite.
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  As is obvious from much of what I write, I believe that governments can be both benign and profoundly beneficial to the population of a jurisdiction. I am not, however, naive. Long experience has made me aware that the processes of government can be corrupted, and all too often are. I stress...

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