Quote Originally Posted by The AuldYin View Post
Aye don't pay for goods till they've passed QC it's not rocket science. Surely you can see what happens to projects once folk realise there's a blank cheque every week? Sick kids, trams, ferries, etc, etc. Buying work has never worked up till now, it benefits too few.
Buying work is a good way to describe Keynesian Economics which formed the basis of the way to escape the recession of the 1930s, the financial crash of 2008 when it was renamed as Quantitative Easing, and latterly as the justification for the furlough support during lockdowns.
It's been widely overused and completely abused by not delivering the money to buy British made products. The Forth Crossing is the latest example where Scottish tax payers bought Chinese steel and other foreign produced products. It was built and designed by consultants from other parts of the world and even the construction workers were not entirely local.
We need to rediscover our abilities to do things for ourselves and try to rebuild the Made in Scotland brand.