Declan Murphy wrote:

> >>>>The impracticalities for me are irrelevant.
> >>>
> >>>Is your financial situation which you joke about, also irrelevant?
> >>
> >>Absolutely.
> >
> > Is this the proper attitude to have for business? <snip>
>
> Of course it is the proper attitude to have. There is absolutely no
> requirement for the Expo organizers to select firms with weaker balance
> sheets, or bend the rules to make it "more practical" for weaker firms
> to tender.

Why does "weak" or lacking money mean lack of ability to provide goods and services, or preclude being
even be the best provider? Even Kajima and Toyota started out somewhere.

And why is your own financial situation absolutely irrelevant to you?
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