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If I buy a $10k car, and expense it to my employer I would say the car cost my employer $10k. I may have been the one with agency, but the cost is not mine to b
by gnode 9y ago
If I buy a $10k car, and expense it to my employer I would say the car cost my employer $10k. I may have been the one with agency, but the cost is not mine to bear. The idea of representative government, is that we're employing the government to decide how our money is spent.
- chiefalchemist 9y agoYou hand your employee a credit card. They buy a car with it. They drive the car back to the office, hand you the keys and proclaim, "Look what I bought you." In your world the reply is, "Golly gee. Thanks. You're so good to me." In my world the obvious reply is, "Huh? What? Do you think I'm stupid?" Language is a tool, and it can also be a weapon. Orwell would disagree with one of us. I'm fairly confident it would not be me.
- gnode 9y agoI wasn't implying it was some outlandish misbehaviour. Company cars are a real and common occurance, as are other large business expenses, like plane tickets.