All that effort goes to waste

  • Robert Chote

Published on 8 February 2004

When politicians claim they can finance tax cuts or provide extra resources for public services by cracking down on waste and bureaucracy, voters should start counting the spoons.

When politicians claim they can finance tax cuts or provide extra resources for public services by cracking down on waste and bureaucracy, voters should start counting the spoons. History shows that savings are much easier to promise than deliver.

    Authors

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    Robert Chote

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    DOI
    10.1920/co.ifs.2024.1083
    Publisher
    IFS

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    Chote, R. (2004). All that effort goes to waste [Comment] IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/articles/all-effort-goes-waste (accessed: 19 May 2025).

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