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It's astounding that the Federal Government alone, has over 2 million employees. That is the definition of a bloated bureaucracy.

by yucky 4y ago

dragonwriter 4y ago
> It’s astounding that the Federal Government alone, has over 2 million employees. It’s actually over 4 million. (It's funny how the same people who like to call the US federal government bloated despite how small it is for the size of the country, are the ones who don't count the nearly half of the federal government that is uniformed military in that.) > That is the definition of a bloated bureaucracy. No, its not. Even when you count the much larger non-federal public workforce, the US has a quite small public workforce compared to other countries (globally, OECD, or pretty much any other meaningful group that it is part of.)
- yucky 4y ago
  I intentionally left out the military. And I've actually never heard anybody try to make the argument that the US government is a highly efficient operation, so kudos to you for being the first.
  - JohnFen 4y ago
    But you shouldn't leave out the military. They are federal employees just as much as the others.
    - yucky 4y ago
      ok, we could/should easily cut half of them as well. Have you ever looked at how wasteful our military spending is?
runnerup 4y ago
By your numbers that would be less than 1 per 100 people. Could you run a 1000 person company with less than 10 people in overhead positions? (CEO, HR, facilities, legal, security, etc). Seems pretty efficient to me.
- yucky 4y ago
  You just referred to the US Government as efficient. That's a bold statement.
  - JohnFen 4y ago
    It's not that bold. At its worst, the US government isn't any less efficient than most private companies.
    - yucky 4y ago
      The US Government is $30 Trillion (with T) dollars in debt because they literally can't spend less than they bring in. Trying to compare that to any company is absurd.
      - JohnFen 4y ago
        I don't think so. Look at a whole bunch of SV companies, for instance.
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It's astounding that the Federal Government alone, has over 2 million employees. That is the definition of a bloated bureaucracy.

by yucky 4y ago

It's astounding that the Federal Government alone, has over 2 million employees. That is the definition of a bloated bureaucracy.

dragonwriter 4y ago

> It’s astounding that the Federal Government alone, has over 2 million employees. It’s actually over 4 million. (It's funny how the same people who like to call the US federal government bloated despite how small it is for the size of the country, are the ones who don't count the nearly half of the federal government that is uniformed military in that.) > That is the definition of a bloated bureaucracy. No, its not. Even when you count the much larger non-federal public workforce, the US has a quite small public workforce compared to other countries (globally, OECD, or pretty much any other meaningful group that it is part of.)

yucky 4y ago
I intentionally left out the military. And I've actually never heard anybody try to make the argument that the US government is a highly efficient operation, so kudos to you for being the first.
- JohnFen 4y ago
  But you shouldn't leave out the military. They are federal employees just as much as the others.
  - yucky 4y ago
    ok, we could/should easily cut half of them as well. Have you ever looked at how wasteful our military spending is?

runnerup 4y ago

By your numbers that would be less than 1 per 100 people. Could you run a 1000 person company with less than 10 people in overhead positions? (CEO, HR, facilities, legal, security, etc). Seems pretty efficient to me.

yucky 4y ago
You just referred to the US Government as efficient. That's a bold statement.
- JohnFen 4y ago
  It's not that bold. At its worst, the US government isn't any less efficient than most private companies.
  - yucky 4y ago
    The US Government is $30 Trillion (with T) dollars in debt because they literally can't spend less than they bring in. Trying to compare that to any company is absurd.
    - JohnFen 4y ago
      I don't think so. Look at a whole bunch of SV companies, for instance.

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