{"id":4854,"date":"2008-04-23T16:09:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-23T10:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=2646"},"modified":"2008-04-23T16:09:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-23T10:39:00","slug":"where-your-taxes-go-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/where-your-taxes-go-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Your Taxes Go: 31"},"content":{"rendered":"
In unnecessary gizmos for government bigwigs—especially ones that will keep them occupied during traffic jams. Mid Day<\/i> reports<\/a> that Mumbai’s mayor Shubha Raul recently threw a “tantrum” and demanded a laptop.<\/p>\n “Raul liked the additional municipal commissioner’s laptop and said she wanted one like it, but we gave her a better model,” said an IT officer. “It’s the best laptop in the BMC.”<\/p>\n Raul obviously is happy. “Who doesn’t want to get the best in the world? I am no exception. At least now, when I’m stuck in traffic jams, I can entertain myself with the laptop. I have never been tech savvy, but I will learn,” said Raul.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n I don’t grudge our mayor a laptop, even if her post is largely ceremonial, but see the one she got. It’s a Toshiba Qosmio G40 costing Rs. 1.65 lakh. That’s like buying a Merc as an official car—it’s simply not necessary. I bought a beautiful Dell Inspiron 1525 a month ago for 45k, and it performs every function the mayor could possibly require—unless she’s editing films or creating special effects for Star Trek<\/a> .<\/p>\n And see the woman’s gumption. Who doesn’t want to get the best in the world?<\/i> she says. That’s my money you’re spending, Mrs Raul. Have some shame.<\/p>\n (Link via email from Amol Chavan. For more on how our government loots us, check out my Taxes Archive<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In unnecessary gizmos for government bigwigs—especially ones that will keep them occupied during traffic jams. Mid Day<\/i> reports<\/a> that Mumbai’s mayor Shubha Raul recently threw a “tantrum” and demanded a laptop.<\/p>\n “Raul liked the additional municipal commissioner’s laptop and said she wanted one like it, but we gave her a better model,” said an IT officer. “It’s the best laptop in the BMC.”<\/p>\n Raul obviously is happy. “Who doesn’t want to get the best in the world? I am no exception. At least now, when I’m stuck in traffic jams, I can entertain myself with the laptop. I have never been tech savvy, but I will learn,” said Raul.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n I don’t grudge our mayor a laptop, even if her post is largely ceremonial, but see the one she got. It’s a Toshiba Qosmio G40 costing Rs. 1.65 lakh. That’s like buying a Merc as an official car—it’s simply not necessary. I bought a beautiful Dell Inspiron 1525 a month ago for 45k, and it performs every function the mayor could possibly require—unless she’s editing films or creating special effects for Star Trek<\/a> .<\/p>\n And see the woman’s gumption. Who doesn’t want to get the best in the world?<\/i> she says. That’s my money you’re spending, Mrs Raul. Have some shame.<\/p>\n (Link via email from Amol Chavan. For more on how our government loots us, check out my Taxes Archive<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,15,24,28,17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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