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To: tejek who wrote (275962)	2/21/2006 7:42:05 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576884

re: I have worked on both sides of the marketplace. Gov't is no more bloated than large corporations. Large entities spawn bureaucracies whether they are public or private. I would say gov't employees work slower than private employees but not by much. And they are, in general, lower paid (although that is changing because the private sector is paying less money these days). It's the same argument I made to Tim; are government workers more efficient because they work for less money, or less efficient because they produce less per hour?

To: tejek who wrote (275962)	2/21/2006 8:36:26 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576884

Ted, Gov't is no more bloated than large corporations. I'm pretty sure a lot of corporations fit that description, but those usually aren't the successful ones. The difference, of course, is that the bloated, inefficient companies will eventually lose to competitors that run a tighter ship. Not government agencies. The only incentive to succeed is the possibility that the elected guy up top gets voted out of office, but then the bureaucracies have already adapted to survive when the next guy comes into office. The thing that irritates people is that they pay their taxes but don't have much control over how the money is spent. That's the only area of one's life where that happens. Instead of worrying about the money, I just make sure I get good service. One of the reasons I left CA was that it just wasn't possible to get good service there given the shortage of staff and many problems facing the employees. Well, like I said before, potholes aren't partisan, and neither are lines at the DMV. There does come a point, however, when citizens start asking why these basic services aren't well-funded and well-staffed. That's when they look at the budget and wonder where all of the money is going. This is where the partisanship starts, because from here on out it all depends on what your own priorities are. Tenchusatsu