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To: Lane3 who wrote (12636)	5/10/2002 4:22:38 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21057

"Productivity, you may recall, was the issue being discussed." I recall perfectly. You obviously belive that something is less productive if it is forced to conform to law or other limits placed upon it by reality. Frankly, I have no idea where you are coming from with this. I considered it a given that when one speaks of productivity, they are speaking of the measurement of something in real and possible terms...not in terms of imagination. Karen...it is the LAW. They have to be translated by LAW. For you to call them unproductive because they do not break either man-made or natural laws is simply ludicrous. Productivity is not measured by imaginary benchmarks. It may only be measured within the realm of the possible. Is a restaurant unproductive because it uses plates to get the food to the table? Are they unproductive because they are unable to take your order by telepathy? How do you rate productivity by measuring it against outcomes which are not possible in the real world?? We obviously have different ideas of productivity. I consider it to be reasonable efforts made at a certain competency level within rational limits and expectations. I consider it to be, as the dictionary says, the yielding of results or benefits. These benefits do not have to be measured in MONEY. And public service generally is not. There is no common denominator which allows one to compare the productivity of this with the productivity of that unless it is the same product being compared in the same circumstances. I measure productivity by the benefit of the product. That is not the same as how "cheap" something may be produced. You have a lot to say about how inefficient your government agency was. Let me assure you that there are many private industries which run with incredible inefficiency as well. There are a lot of corporate bums in private industry who spend the morning with a golf club, the afternoon at the health club (drinking) and the evening in the Club. So don't feel bad. You people in Government don't know the first thing about becoming unproductive, lazy, or indolent. But you still have time to learn.<g>