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0 pointsluckylion3y ago0 comments

I think there's a good reason to have anti-corruption measures and bring down the hammer hard on everyone in the administration that tries to circumvent them, but I do believe that government is just too inefficient when it comes to doing things.

I'd rather risk that every tenth contract is fraudulent than have every contract cost twice as much with the government doing it themselves. There's just zero incentive for government employees to work quickly and efficiently.

Check private contractor's work to make sure they're not cutting any corners, make corruption harder and incentivize whistle-blowers, but letting the government do things is not something I want as a taxpayer.

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1letterunixname3y ago

Privatized electric grid as a market led to Enron causing unnecessary rolling blackouts to make money.

The government is not a static hivemind, and deregulation and privatization are not panaceas.

The US political class (elected fraction of government) is among the most corrupt in the world. Campaign finance reform will never happen because the rich run America. If you think the rich have the needs of the many in mind when they spend billions on lobbying to get their way, I don't think you're fully aware of the situation in which America finds herself.

wolverine8763y ago

> I'd rather risk that every tenth contract is fraudulent than have every contract cost twice as much with the government doing it themselves.

If you create the numbers, you'll reach your expected conclusion.

> There's just zero incentive for government employees to work quickly and efficiently.

Stop demonizing people. Just talk to some government employees. The article talks about how management works at DOE labs.

luckylionOP3y ago

I'm not demonizing anyone, I'm talking about incentives.

And I've come to my understanding of how they work on government employees by talking to, and working with (as a consultant), government employees. There's a certain bureaucratic counterproductivity that I've only ever encountered in government employees.

If that doesn't match your experience and government in your area is highly efficient and you wouldn't change a thing, that's great and I envy you, but it's not my experience at all.

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