Another example of millions available to prove Government policies and regulations as well as their agencies and largely the work force are nothing more than a hinderance to progress. The people buying in to this socialist BS must not ever try to accomplish anything productive. When I was young and on vacation in Rhode Island I saw a sign posted on a boat dock. “ make welfare as hard to get as a building permit “. Your experience is similar to most people’s that need help to accomplish anything important or even most things trivial. No accountability protects these jack asses from being shown the door far too often.
Very thoughtful post, Peter. 👍 While I have no solution for the problem of government workers being somewhere between less responsive than necessary and totally hostile to being responsive, the underlying problem in the public sector employment arena is simple - there is virtually no risk of loss when one fails to perform. In the private sector it is very simple - perform your duties at an acceptable or better level and you are rewarded, but if you fail to do so you are looking for another job.
This simply doesn’t happen in the public sector with any degree of regularity. Sure, it’s possible that only the best, most competent people work in the public sector, but no sane person believes that is the case. Quite the opposite, it’s more likely that the typical public sector employee is one who fears the risk of private sector competence requirements, choosing to hide in the public sector, probably overpaid 💴 during his/her career and dumping the investment risk for retirement onto the taxpayers who guarantee the defined benefit retirement plans which are largely unavailable to the private sector.
What do we do 🤷♂️🤷♂️? That’s for people smarter than me and with more political strength to figure out!
One of my goals in blogging and on Internet dialogues is to get people to where they realize that government cannot be fixed, so the only remedy is to make it smaller.
I love the goal, but that’s a tough one to accomplish given the inertia of all levels of government and the employment protections built into them. I wish you great success and certainly support your efforts!
Hofstader’s Law has its exceptions of course. Taking out the trash, emptying the dishwasher, making the bed - these appear as much lengthier tasks in your head at the moment. But they only take a couple minutes. Unless you're like me of course, and interrupt your task for "that thing that needs new batteries" or you find "that thing that's been missing" while you're at it! Then you can't remember what the original task was that had you in the garage in the first place. Men of a certain age will "get" this!
My own made up, certainly not original, rule is "nothing is easy, especially not the easy stuff." While quite true, it sounds negative, so it is only used as a reminder to myself when starting a job I think I'll knock out quickly, before I tackle the "big" weekend project.
Peter, you forgot about “the carrot” - inducements to get gummint droogs to get things done. A couple boxes of Krispy’s Kremes would have gone a long way! 🤗
Another example of millions available to prove Government policies and regulations as well as their agencies and largely the work force are nothing more than a hinderance to progress. The people buying in to this socialist BS must not ever try to accomplish anything productive. When I was young and on vacation in Rhode Island I saw a sign posted on a boat dock. “ make welfare as hard to get as a building permit “. Your experience is similar to most people’s that need help to accomplish anything important or even most things trivial. No accountability protects these jack asses from being shown the door far too often.
Very thoughtful post, Peter. 👍 While I have no solution for the problem of government workers being somewhere between less responsive than necessary and totally hostile to being responsive, the underlying problem in the public sector employment arena is simple - there is virtually no risk of loss when one fails to perform. In the private sector it is very simple - perform your duties at an acceptable or better level and you are rewarded, but if you fail to do so you are looking for another job.
This simply doesn’t happen in the public sector with any degree of regularity. Sure, it’s possible that only the best, most competent people work in the public sector, but no sane person believes that is the case. Quite the opposite, it’s more likely that the typical public sector employee is one who fears the risk of private sector competence requirements, choosing to hide in the public sector, probably overpaid 💴 during his/her career and dumping the investment risk for retirement onto the taxpayers who guarantee the defined benefit retirement plans which are largely unavailable to the private sector.
What do we do 🤷♂️🤷♂️? That’s for people smarter than me and with more political strength to figure out!
One of my goals in blogging and on Internet dialogues is to get people to where they realize that government cannot be fixed, so the only remedy is to make it smaller.
I love the goal, but that’s a tough one to accomplish given the inertia of all levels of government and the employment protections built into them. I wish you great success and certainly support your efforts!
It's mostly futile, but the alternative is to just give up.
Hofstader’s Law has its exceptions of course. Taking out the trash, emptying the dishwasher, making the bed - these appear as much lengthier tasks in your head at the moment. But they only take a couple minutes. Unless you're like me of course, and interrupt your task for "that thing that needs new batteries" or you find "that thing that's been missing" while you're at it! Then you can't remember what the original task was that had you in the garage in the first place. Men of a certain age will "get" this!
I often ask my nieces and nephew how long some task will take when they whine about it. Focusing on duration rather than effort is a great life hack.
My own made up, certainly not original, rule is "nothing is easy, especially not the easy stuff." While quite true, it sounds negative, so it is only used as a reminder to myself when starting a job I think I'll knock out quickly, before I tackle the "big" weekend project.
Peter, you forgot about “the carrot” - inducements to get gummint droogs to get things done. A couple boxes of Krispy’s Kremes would have gone a long way! 🤗
I discovered the FTC has lots of leverage!