This article is about the second round of human
folly.
Probably banks are positioned around business
circles. Central bank is above them. I wonder when humanity will come to
understand the self-evident truth that unless ambition to climb up the ladder
to status as much as possible disappears, peace of mind is never attained.
Masatoshi Takeshita
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English translation of an excerpt from a
Japanese article: Ankoku Yakou – October 9, 2012 –
True
Nature of Kasumigaseki Bureaucrats Seen in Play of Pocketing “Reconstruction
Budget” – Opportunistic “Extended Interpretation” and “Exploitation” of People
♦*”Hissen”
Tokyo Shimbun’s column – October 8, 2012 –
Japanese bureaucrats are very kashikoi or clever. Of course, the prefix “zuru” (cunning) is put
before the word. It is a piece of cake
for them to stretch short wordings in laws and administrative documents which
are seemingly difficult to understand.
▼One after another have been revealed facts
that reconstruction budget was used for projects unrelated to reconstruction of
disaster-stricken areas; approximately 4.2 billion yen for fusion energy
research, 2.3 billion yen for research whaling project, 330 million yen for
repair of Tokyo’s National Stadium, and so on.
It is said that a massive amount of money was also spent to renovated government
office buildings in local regions other than disaster-stricken areas.
▼This has resulted from the inclusion of
the wording “ to realize the rebirth of the whole of Japan as an affluent and
active country into the basic policy for reconstruction compiled by the
government in July last year. Though
there seemed to be political demands, reconstruction budget turned into the
threshing floor of a killing field where ministries and agencies compete for
it.
▼Approximately 63 percent of groups which
applied for subsidies to support affected small businesses were rejected for
the reason of “shortage of national budget,” our newspaper reports. The money really needed by disaster-stricken areas
never reach them. What is reconstruction
budget for? That is like putting the
cart before the horse.
▼The people have tolerated tax increases
over 25 years because they believed that the budget would be used exclusively
for earthquake disaster reconstruction.
Bureaucrats stubbornly insist that “We just act in accordance with
government policy.” They have not any sincerity.
▼Expecting sincerity of national officials
could be just like expecting fishes of a greengrocer. The government has major responsibility for
letting bureaucrats want to do.
Governance Structure in Japan