Great point,never realised thats the reason,may i say it has a very negative effect when you have tolitarian type admin with no,age limit on appointments,cant admins be obliged to shift people to other sections  or sack people after 12 years if results of department had a lacklustre performance ,when opposition wins?
On the VC thing i think it stifles compatition and tax paying and i dont want to have any taxes diverted for somebody to go into space its not making my life any easier .id prefer  all companies pay full taxes in 1)the countries where the raw materials are sourced ,2) the credit 
card payment,end user country ,rather than keepng money in convinient little tax places ,charity setups and all that stuff ,its getting very unrealistic feeding of other peoples hunger and poverty and thinking your doing good!