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>the private sector is just as full of pointless, or even actively harmful paper-pushers. 1- Maybe. To what degree are these paper-pushers an artifact of gove
by someguydave 10y ago
>the private sector is just as full of pointless, or even actively harmful paper-pushers.
1- Maybe. To what degree are these paper-pushers an artifact of government requirements? It's hard to tell the difference between a 'pointless' private paper-pusher and a private paper-pusher who is there because of some perceived liability to the government or hostile lawyers.
2- Even if so. At least private companies can ultimately be punished in the marketplace. Government typically insulates itself throughly from oversight, both economic and from the ballot-box.
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- vkou 10y ago1. Most of it is unhelpful middle management and non-productive people providing themselves with job security. There are a million and one incentives for this kind of behaviour in the private sector. Nobody ever got fired for failing to point out that their job is pointless. 2. Government can be punished at the ballot box, I don't have a choice in where my grocer sources its produce from, whether or not property developers in the area will choose to build small, affordable homes or McMansions, or which ISP will take my money, but not provide stable internet (Because all we have here is Comcast.) I mean, technically I suppose I could overpay crazy amounts of money to get my food, my housing, and my connectivity sourced from somewhere else, but at that point, the ~25% of my income that goes into taxes will seem like a drop in the bucket.