Skeets, just wanted to add a comment to your statement:
hawke, the problem, imho, isn't govt programs. the problem is almost all (ok, probably all) govt programs are
mismanaged. the people that run them aren't any good. neither candidate will fix the problems. opm and
nobody cares as long as they are getting "theirs." they'll just direct the money to their pork barrel programs. ok, bush is probably less bad than gore in this area
The problem is actually the appointment of the heads of
federal agencies as political appointees. There are no
competency requirements and these head of the agency
appointments are simply used as politcal largess for the
faithful. If that is not bad enough, the career bureaucrats are leaving in droves. This is any thing
but surprising when one considers the amount of non satisfying work that civil servants put up with. I know
that myth precedes me here, but, in reality the federal
employees that I know, work harder, longer for less pay
than their counterparts in the private sector. Plus the
federal gov. is incredibly chicken shiit in its work environment. For example, my wife, who works for the federal gov. can work 12 hours in a day getting reports
out, but, she won't get compensation for the extra time
and, if she needs to run some errands during her lunch hour
the next day, and runs a few minutes late, she has to sign
for annual leave. I'm continuously amazed at the system.
So, the system's fault is fundamental: it won't be changed
until political appointments are abolished and pork barrel
programs cease to exist.
Fat Chance.
Lew |
