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September 7th, 2005 at 3:26 pm
I think the differences are;
He was able to ask a question and get an answer.
He was able to make a decision and get it implemented.
I once complained about state planners not expanding roads in cities that were growing until the traffic was horrible. “Can’t these people extrapolate and make plans?” I exclaimed one day. My dad pointed out that if they could lead an organization, they wouldn’t be sitting in a comfy do-nothing job – they’d be running a profitable business. I guess the reality is that we don’t pay enough for government people to actually have and use talent. Bummer.
September 7th, 2005 at 5:55 pm
That makes sense. Money is a huge motivator, and what do most high-level people in government do once they reach their theoretical ceilings?
They go to work in the private sector.
September 8th, 2005 at 9:09 am
High government jobs can also be a road to wealth – if you don’t get caught. The problem isn’t competence, it’s whose interests the people in charge serve. A business serves its own interests, but it cannot do that without getting and keeping customers, which usually requires serving them well. You might think that a politician that served the voters badly would soon be out of office, but more often they choose to serve the special interests that fund and provide manpower for their campaigns, and baffle the voters with bull****.
Occasionally a business has been temporarily successful with similar tactics, but how long would you continue buying a product that you really don’t understand over a competitor’s product that works and you can understand? Politicians don’t have to compete with alternatives that are out in the real world and working…
September 8th, 2005 at 9:11 am
Of course, there’s a quite different business tactic: get the government to hobble your competition. When you see someone step from a government position into a high-paying private sector job, how often is that a reward for slanting the regulations to favor that employer?
September 8th, 2005 at 10:20 am
“My dad pointed out that if they could lead an organization, they wouldn’t be sitting in a comfy do-nothing job – they’d be running a profitable business.” ——
I would argue that the “customers” of government are served well and handsomely, the problem is that you all are confused as to who the “customers” of government are. The people who donate money to campaigns are the “customers” of government, the rest of us are nothing more then people who need to be minipulated.
September 8th, 2005 at 11:30 am
The problem with things like road expansion is simply that nobody wants to pay for them until they get that far out of control. Taxes are evil, remember. The people won’t support a tax hike to widen roads until the roads are simply unbearable; and in the case of such boom areas, the businesses were generally attracted to the area by tax breaks in the first place, so they’re part of the problem.