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    "content": "Philosophically, we must ask ourselves: How does the Government thrive and expand if the private sector does not thrive? Then the revenues that we keep on talking about will not be realised. If the private sector does not thrive, then all these programs that we talk about and their funding will not be there. So, we must cultivate a more reasonable working relationship with the private sector in this country, so that the tax base can broaden and the ability to collect revenue can broaden. If we do not do that, we shall start going into the normal blame game where we will say that resources are not being allocated equitably because it will be too little to spread out. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other thing that I would like to point out is that even as a Government, in our philosophy, we must be very careful not to be too expansionist in terms of the Government itself. We should be facilitating the growth of the private sector and not ourselves. These are issues that we will need to rationalise under the Grand Coalition Government, particularly, as we look at the functions in the context of the next financial year. Some of the issues that need to be dealt with in the context of the Grand Coalition Government are to rationalise Ministries and their functions. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance has cut down on some expenditures. You may find that the process of procurement is not just limited to the problem that may be there within the Public Procurement and Disposal Act. But it could also be there because we are spreading ourselves too thin. Sometimes, even in the Ministry of Local Government, the reality is what would be the boundary of the Ministry"
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