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Katri Kulmuni will step down as Finland's finance minister after admitting on Friday that she had used taxpayers' money to fund training on how to speak in public

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-finland-politics-kulmuni/finlands-finance-minister-steps-down-over-training-payments-idUSKBN23C1PS

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Title
Finland's finance minister steps down over training scandal
Authors
Reuters Editorial
Published
Jun 5 2020
Word count
98 words

6 comments

  1. [2]
    patience_limited
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    Maybe the breadth and scale of corruption in the U.S. has numbed me, but it almost seems too self-punishing to resign over a mere bit of overspending nominally in service of the position. [Granted...

    Maybe the breadth and scale of corruption in the U.S. has numbed me, but it almost seems too self-punishing to resign over a mere bit of overspending nominally in service of the position. [Granted that's pretty embarrassing for a finance minister.]

    Kudos to the Finns for supporting a high ethical standard in government.

    19 votes
    1. MonkeyPants
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      I was in the UK with my American wife. The radio was talking about inappropriate political purchases. My wife ridiculed the focus on what amounted to a few hundred dollars. But sometimes, when you...

      I was in the UK with my American wife. The radio was talking about inappropriate political purchases. My wife ridiculed the focus on what amounted to a few hundred dollars. But sometimes, when you let the little things slide, they turn into big things.

      6 votes
  2. intuxikated
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    :| Our PM had spent over 6 million USD on his domestic/foreign visits.

    she had received training on how to speak in public worth nearly 50,000 euros ($57,000), paid for by the taxpayer.

    :| Our PM had spent over 6 million USD on his domestic/foreign visits.

    8 votes
  3. [2]
    DanBC
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    This is a bit like something that happened in the UK. There was a scandal about politician expenses, and one MP spent more public money to get PR training to handle the questions about misspending...

    This is a bit like something that happened in the UK.

    There was a scandal about politician expenses, and one MP spent more public money to get PR training to handle the questions about misspending public funds.

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/7853181/MPs-expenses-Nadine-Dorries-pays-50000-of-allowances-to-close-friend.html

    7 votes
    1. MonkeyPants
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      That's a bit like something that happened in the US. There was a scandal about racism and police brutality, and police used more brutality to handle the protests about racism and police brutality.

      That's a bit like something that happened in the US.

      There was a scandal about racism and police brutality, and police used more brutality to handle the protests about racism and police brutality.

      4 votes
  4. mrbig
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    Scandinavia’s political scandals seem almost harmless for me. In Brazil this wouldn’t even be considered newsworthy — I’m not saying that’s a good thing.

    Scandinavia’s political scandals seem almost harmless for me. In Brazil this wouldn’t even be considered newsworthy — I’m not saying that’s a good thing.

    3 votes