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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
smoke and mirrors
Hi
City hall saved taxpayers little with its smoke-and-mirrors trick of using money set aside for building renovations.
Does it mean City hall feathered their own nest by appropriating fradulently part of the money put aside for renovations?
Or it means the renovations cost less than the amount people were made to think it cost?
Thanks
City hall saved taxpayers little with its smoke-and-mirrors trick of using money set aside for building renovations.
Does it mean City hall feathered their own nest by appropriating fradulently part of the money put aside for renovations?
Or it means the renovations cost less than the amount people were made to think it cost?
Thanks
Top answer
using "magic," tricky not necessarily fraudulent, but using money reserved for other purposes
- using "magic," tricky not necessarily fraudulent, but using money reserved for other purposes
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using "magic," tricky
not necessarily fraudulent, but using money reserved for other purposes
not necessarily fraudulent, but using money reserved for other purposes
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Thanks, Marius.
I think I get it now.
They spent the money on renovations to play to the galleries. Kinda pork-barell spending, I guess.
I think I get it now.
They spent the money on renovations to play to the galleries. Kinda pork-barell spending, I guess.
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Without more context, I can't tell you what it means, but it doesn't sound like a good example of pork.
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