But spending cuts have rocked the system to its foundations.
But the local United Ways prize not only their autonomy, but also the advantage it provides in allowing them to claim independence from the scandals that have rocked the system.
Although he was one of the few veteran politicians to emerge unscathed from the political scandals that had rocked the system, Spadolini lost the speaker's post by one vote in April 1994 to a member of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's party.
It could also rock the financial system anew.
"But hedge funds didn't cause the credit crunch – investors lost their money in the funds, but they didn't rock the banking system".
Below we list eight things to watch out for in 2011 that threaten to rock the financial system and undermine any recovery.
It means that there must be a common underlying agreement on how much the government spends relative to the size of its country, so that its debts don't get too large as to rock the whole system.
Last week there were worries that coming accounting changes would rock the Japanese banking system and reverberate around the world.
"This is a bombshell revelation that will rock the public education system in Australia to its core," said McKim, who is also leader of the Greens in Tasmania.
