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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>Both private sector and public sector (central planning) business activities have their share of corrupt individuals, but the fundamental difference is that central planning has a self-interest of growing the empire of the central planners, coupled with the force of law.</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2>So when it comes to projects such as HSR, the issue is not so much whether the private sector or the public sector would be the least corrupt.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The issue is that if there is no genuine public need for HSR, the private sector will realize that, and therefore not pursue HSR.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Whereas the public sector is liable to pursue HSR for the purpose of expanding its own empire even if there is no public need for HSR.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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