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Subject: Re: Sudden Confusion
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On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:02:58 -0700, Joel Koltner
<zapwire-use...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>k...@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote:
>> On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:45:32 -0700, Joel =
Koltner<zapwire-use...@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> k...@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote:
>>>> Wrong again.  The private sector has an incentive to *reduce* =
overhead.  The
>>>> only incentives for the government sector are to *increase* =
overhead.  It's
>>>> absolutely a different game.
>>>
>>> I agree that the private sector -- by virtue of potentially going out=
 of
>>> business if they don't do it -- has that incentive.  The government =
--
>>> while not at any real risk of "going out of business" -- absolutely =
has
>>> people within it who try very hard to reduce its overhead as well, =
though.
>>
>> Nonsense.  It's not in their interest to reduce overhead.
>>
>>> If your job were being paid for by taxes, surely you'd try your best =
to
>>> work as efficiently as possible in an effort to hold down taxes and
>>> thereby keep more money for yourself?
>>
>> Of course not.  I'd try to add peons to my empire to increase my =
power.  OTOH,
>> I could remain a peon and let the others build their power.  Either =
way, the
>> taxpayer is screwed.
>
>Well jeez... I guess if that's the sort of government worker you'd be, I=
=20
>can understand why you have so little faith in the government's ability=20
>to do good!

Stuff and nonsense.  Just go observe any government office for a few
months.  They are full of empire builders, riddled by incompetents, and
somehow get the work done with about 15% honest, though often plodding,
workers.  Not that businesses do not have these problems but that they =
can
get rid of most of the problem people and thus have a much higher
productive fraction, like 75%.  Thus higher efficiency.  I have seen
plenty of both kinds of places.

?-)