Why Is The Eu Unable To Keep Sticky Fingers Out Of The Jack N Jill?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29916707
No wonder they are tapping Dave for 1.7bn! Is it any wonder EU scepticism is on the rise?

[Gromit]

This is not corruption, it is mismanagement. It is also not necessarily a waste of money.

Before now, I have been on the receiving end of EU funds, it goes some like this...

1. EU says you can apply for up to £100k per annum to improve road safety.
2. You apply and get the funds.
3. You have a project but it only cost £90K so you have £10K that you need to spend.
4. This is when I usually get a call. I suggest good ways to spend the remaining money quickly.

It is not a waste because often the £10K achieves far better results than the £90K spent on the original project.

[Svejk]

So it's not the EU that can't keep their 'sticky fingers' off of other people's money, it's you and people like you.
And if the £10,000 gets better results than the £90,000 it's hardly an achievement. Most people would keep such an embarrassing admission to themselves.

[lady-janine]

so that's why i'm always broke but you aren't.

[janbee]

Because they're thieving b******s. No wonder the anti EU feeling is growing stronger every day. The sooner we are out of it's evil grasping control, the better.

[youngmafbog]

Well, that says it all Gromit

[Gromit]

The same happens in most private businesses and local authorities. Budgets are allocated for projects beneficial to the business or council / Health Trust. At the end of the financial year, any underspend on the budget is reallocated.

Some of you give the impression you have never worked in a real business.

[Svejk]

///At the end of the financial year, any underspend on the budget is reallocated. ///
^Or 'spent quickly' as you said in your first post.
Meanwhile on planet normal, ' The extension I built for you came in at £10,000 under budget,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,so I've replaced all the taps with solid gold ones'.