How long until we see a "oil for food" type ripoff? How does the equation go?
- If you spend your money on you, you get the best value for the best quality.
- If you spend your money on someone else, you get the best value, and quality suffers.
- If you spend someone else's money on you, get the best quality, regardless of value.
- If you spend someone else's money on someone else, you don't worry about value or quality.
Gates will be spending his own money on others, so he has an incentive to make sure it doesn't get wasted, unlike the UN, which had no incentive for anything except itself.