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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (469165)	4/6/2009 5:47:34 AM
From: Road Walker	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578528

Ted, it's the nature of the bureaucratic beast. No government agency that performs needed functions will ever suffer from funding. There is no incentive to do more with less. It's the same no matter what function the agency performs, whether it's infrastructure, education, intelligence gathering, DMV, etc. You don't know a lot about government... at least the way it is running around here. A lot of people losing jobs, a lot of hard choices, funds cut to important programs. The private sector is allowed to lose money, in most cases the the private sector isn't. So with revenue down, they are cutting into the bone, not just the meat. Your anti-government prejudice and mythology doesn't reflect reality.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (469165)	4/6/2009 12:29:09 PM
From: tejek	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1578528

Ted, it's the nature of the bureaucratic beast. No government agency that performs needed functions will ever suffer from funding. There is no incentive to do more with less. It's the same no matter what function the agency performs, whether it's infrastructure, education, intelligence gathering, DMV, etc. I think that's a general misconception and not my experience at all. Gov't officials work under financial constraints all the time. There are too many people like yourself complaining about spending to have it be any other way. And I will go one step further and say I really think the bureaucracy in CA is under assault and overstretched. Their defensive attitude suggests people who don't have enough time to do everything they have to do. Like I've said before, I don't think CA has enough revenue to operate efficiently and competently. And I know that's hardly a popular observation in CA.