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To: Road Walker who wrote (275966)	2/22/2006 12:44:12 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576648

are government workers more efficient because they work for less money, or less efficient because they produce less per hour? They are less efficient because 1-it's harder to fire them (stick problem), and 2-they are less likely to get rewarded based on performance (carrot problem)

To: Road Walker who wrote (275966)	2/22/2006 11:36:31 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576648

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? Gov't employees are a favorite whipping boy of the right so its hard to argue against the stereotype. However, I met a lot of hardworking people when I worked in gov't. I would say the biggest difference between gov't vs private employees is that gov't employees are looking for job security which is very difficult to find in private industry.