Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: Depending upon one 's point of view , the separation of a quango from government might be either to allow its specified functions to be more commercially exercised , independently of politics and changeable government priorities , and unencumbered by civil service practices and bureaucracy ; or else to allow an elected minister to exercise patronage , and extend their influence beyond their term of office , while evading responsibility for the expenditure of public money and the exercise of legal powers .
Simplified: Depending upon one 's point of view , the separation of a quango from government might allow its functions to be more commercially exercised . Or else it might allow an elected minister to evade responsibility for spending public money .