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603er t1_jacg26q wrote

Reply to comment by -Tony in Consultants Gone Wild by ToffeeFever

Agreed. I think much of that comes from folks who want to limit large government and public “bloat”, unfortunately.

There’s certainly bureaucracy in the government. But solving the problems the article laid out definitely won’t come from making working in the public sector undesirable. Those jobs need good wages and benefits. Taxpayers pay for those jobs, yet too many people are hung up on the idea that government is too big/ not good at its job and decide to vote against tax increases to fund public jobs. So when the bare bones government staff then eventually can’t perform well, those same folks are proved right in some way.

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-Tony t1_jacfncd wrote

Reply to comment by 603er in Consultants Gone Wild by ToffeeFever

They cut the benefits and barely gave any raises to the public employees for years, on top of multiple hiring freezes. There’s almost no incentive to go into public service anymore.

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LittleKitty235 t1_jacfggr wrote

Reply to comment by _Maxolotl in Feds not coming to MTA’s rescue under GOP House, Schumer says by newzee1

Federal tax dollars going toward infrastructure improvements in the MTA seems like something the federal government should be doing. The idea it shouldn't is just Republican conditioning and that rejecting federal money is some noble principle.

I'm going to guess the argument is that only interstate bridges and tunnels should we paid for by federal tax dollars, or some other Republican nonsense

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greenerdoc t1_jacfaxu wrote

Reply to comment by LunacyNow in Feds not coming to MTA’s rescue under GOP House, Schumer says by newzee1

If MTA admin expects want to be compensated like private industry why aren't they held to their standards? Would shareholders tolerate going over budget by billions? Why not sign up for performance based compensation? You do well you get rewarded? You do a shit job and you get 20$ an hour.

The MTA runs the way it does the same reason the 2008 financial crisis happened.. there is no accountability.

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603er t1_jacf3cb wrote

Reply to Consultants Gone Wild by ToffeeFever

This is a good article and highlights how many who preach “small government” actually use self fulfilling prophecy to enforce their opinions.

Cut government jobs —> hire contractors who then charge boatloads of money and are inefficient —> blame the government. Rinse, wash, repeat.

I saw this a lot in the Army. The DOD budget is obviously massive. Yet unbeknownst to many, there’s a solid chunk of service members on food stamps. Much of the bloat of DOD budgets come from reliance on contractors, everything from weapon’s manufacturing to logistics (KBR was a familiar one). It’s a cycle of basically getting swindled. Sure they have insights and should be used appropriately, but reliance on them just ruins it for everyone and further erodes trust in government unfortunately.

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