There is also a more down to earth objection. Employing somebody else to do something is an horrendously expensive way of getting things done. Consultants charge for their time at levels that can range up to a multliple of what it would cost otherwise, sometimes several thousand euro a day. When one employs them to carry out an executive function and pay them their daily rate, day in and day out, one soon runs into astronomical figures, amounts one would not dream of paying them if they were employed as individuals on one's staff. There is logic and economic sense in this also. It is small wonder that such arrangements are widely regarded by the public as gravy trains which are designed for the benefit of a small clique of insiders because it appears the same names crop up over and over again.