Monday, April 14, 2008

Quote of the day - worthy of doublespeak, too

Actually a quote of a quote of a quote (so it may or may not be verifibale, but rings true).

From the Reader's Digest quoting a lady from Campaign for Better Transport about The Treasury on the apparent inability of such as the Highways Agency to actually get a job done on time and within estimate/budget: 'A tactic to gain ministerial approval for projects via low estimates that is so common, it is given the term 'optimism bias'.

See also lying, defrauding...

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