There are two reasons for the tolerance of feasting on public money.
First, having meals together to enhance personal relations is part of China's traditional culture of officialdom and business partnerships. Declining an invitation to a meal will be regarded as being against human nature.
Second, feasting on public money is no longer a serious matter in many people's minds. They think eating one meal on public money is simply alright, as compared to embezzling public money or taking bribes.
It is true that people do not particularly go to such banquets to satisfy their craving for good food, but to establish or consolidate relations. They are fully aware that these relations help to take advantage of or even the loopholes in State policies and provide cover for each other in their efforts to dodge laws and regulations.
Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that these dinner tables often nurture corruption. The harm such dinners may cause to the nation far exceeds the price of the meal.
The corruption of people's minds is far worse than the corruption of human relations. It is time we took the problem seriously before public servants and managers of State-owned enterprises no longer have any sense of shame about feasting on public money and when the public does not react positively to the problem.
We should no longer remain indifferent. Feasting on public money must be dealt with seriously. It is no different in nature to embezzlement. Legislation must be introduced to outlaw it.
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