This is all a reflection of how incompetent our government is. If it were run as a private business it could provide the same "services" throughout the entire monstrosity with 1/5th the staff and 5X deliverables.
god, I could tell you stories....but Govt is incompetent on purpose in many ways -- the more "work" you have as an agency, the more "backlogs" you have, the more funding you get, the more employees you can hire, the bigger your agencies gets, and the more prestige you get in DC. The incentives are all backwards.
Suggested edit RG: "This is all a reflection of how UTTERLY incompetent our government is".
Seems governments can no longer DO anything well. Any 'brownouts' lately? Are your local police and fire departments fully staffed, with competent, well trained people? Have you checked the condition of local highways, or your municipal or regional water supply? Does your community face an imminent crisis in garbage or sewage disposal?
How long does it take to get a building permit, or open a business, in your town? How many local businesses in your area have closed - done in by regulatory compliance costs?
And lastly - how much of your gross income goes to taxes and fees - local, regional, state, and federal taxes and fees suck up ever larger slices of our income - for ever shrinking, ever less effective "services".
Government doesn't have to turn a profit, can generate revenue without the consent of the financier - We the Little People - and largely don't fail when they miss deadlines.
Private doesn't do Cheaper so much as it pays the price for not doing it according to plan.
This is all a reflection of how incompetent our government is. If it were run as a private business it could provide the same "services" throughout the entire monstrosity with 1/5th the staff and 5X deliverables.
Not to mention a balanced budget.
god, I could tell you stories....but Govt is incompetent on purpose in many ways -- the more "work" you have as an agency, the more "backlogs" you have, the more funding you get, the more employees you can hire, the bigger your agencies gets, and the more prestige you get in DC. The incentives are all backwards.
Never. Truer. Words.
"but Govt is incompetent on purpose in many ways"
Having lots of slop in your accounting makes it easier to dip your beak.
#TeamSnoutsInTrough
Suggested edit RG: "This is all a reflection of how UTTERLY incompetent our government is".
Seems governments can no longer DO anything well. Any 'brownouts' lately? Are your local police and fire departments fully staffed, with competent, well trained people? Have you checked the condition of local highways, or your municipal or regional water supply? Does your community face an imminent crisis in garbage or sewage disposal?
How long does it take to get a building permit, or open a business, in your town? How many local businesses in your area have closed - done in by regulatory compliance costs?
And lastly - how much of your gross income goes to taxes and fees - local, regional, state, and federal taxes and fees suck up ever larger slices of our income - for ever shrinking, ever less effective "services".
It's ALL broken.
D. E. I.
Took me 13 months to get my replacement Original Birth Certificate (born in London while dad was serving in USAF) to get my Real ID driver's license.
That's because you are a taxpaying citizen.
Drug smugglers, arms dealers, and human traffickers get theirs much faster.
Looks like it's time to Go Pirate!
Better!
But then it would cease to be a jobs program for otherwise unemployable women of color.
ouch. but that made me LOL. do I get the gulag now?
Government doesn't have to turn a profit, can generate revenue without the consent of the financier - We the Little People - and largely don't fail when they miss deadlines.
Private doesn't do Cheaper so much as it pays the price for not doing it according to plan.
indeed
If you were a good Canuck, youтАЩd know that budgets balance themselves! ЁЯдб