Accountability and financial responsibility

At a National Day speech in Tanjong Pagar, minister Chan Chun Sing said that accountability means not passing debts to children.

I don't know where he got this definition.

I would use the term "financial responsibility" to mean not passing debts to the next generation.

So, what does accountability mean? Read my views here.
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