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When politicians say "government is wasteful" or "government can't do things as efficiently as the private sector", what they're saying is that their management
by pgeorgi 5y ago
When politicians say "government is wasteful" or "government can't do things as efficiently as the private sector", what they're saying is that their management style is wasteful.
Would somebody asserting that about _their_ _own_ _job_ even make it past the interview in the private sector?
- TheOtherHobbes 5y agoWhat they're actually saying is "If you sponsor us we will make sure government money goes your way." Efficiency - or the lack of it - is absolutely not the point.
- dash2 5y agoOr they could be saying that centralized monopolies are rarely efficient. That is certainly my experience. For example, SpaceX undercut NASA by a factor of about 10, according to this FT report: https://www.ft.com/content/25e2292b-a910-41c8-9c55-09096895f673 https://www.ft.com/content/25e2292b-a910-41c8-9c55-09096895f...
- galangalalgol 5y agoplane-pal aircraft coming soon to a gate near you!
- Randosaurus 5y agoNASA sources their materials from the private sector. The private sector is notoriously "price gougey" when it comes to government money.
- jkfdrsak 5y agoGovernment actors are responsible for acquiring material at normative costs. Their failure to do so is their own.
- samhw 5y agoNormal costs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercorrection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercorrection
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- sdhfjgjh 5y ago"Price gougey" implies that the prices are unethical; not in compliance with ethical norms; not normative.
- samhw 5y ago'Not normative' doesn't mean 'not in compliance with ethical norms'. It means not pertaining to ethical norms. It's not the correct word, however you twist it. Here's some more info if it helps: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normative_statement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normative_statement
- Randosaurus 5y agoExactly! And when all US companies refuse to lower their prices, they should start sourcing from foreign companies to increase competition! Oh hey look, I'm signing yet another contract with an arbitration clause when signing up for a cell phone service. Must be my fault that all of them require the arbitration clause...