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>True for the US federal government, less true for US state governments, Disagree fully, especially in one party states. In the federal government if you depa

• dragonwriter 8y ago
  > Disagree fully, especially in one party states. The risk for state governments (particularly after the passage of—or, more precisely, after the courts started giving effect to the due process clause of—the 14th Amendment, though this wasn't entirely absent previously) is that they will be held accountable by the federal government. > In the federal government if you department is perpetually crap there's always a risk some senator will make cleaning you up their shtick. That's also true in state government. > In state government unacceptable performance seems to be tolerated and allowed to continue indefinitely. I think that what you are really saying is that there are states whw ere the participating electorate has different standards for what is acceptable, or at least important, than you do, no different from a commercial market where the mass of actively participating customers don't share your priorities.