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Is there any evidence that government teams are more wasteful or less productive than commercial alternatives? How does spinning a government team into a govern
by austin-cheney 2y ago
Is there any evidence that government teams are more wasteful or less productive than commercial alternatives? How does spinning a government team into a government contract of a commercial vendor save the government money?
- ctxcode 2y agoPrivate companies are required to do a good job and balance spending to stay alive. Goverment agencies can do the most horrible job for enormous amounts of money and just keep going.
- austin-cheney 2y agoFirst of all that isn't evidence of anything and explains how we got in this pickle to begin with... people making shit up. Secondly, private companies don't have to do a good job. They have to turn a profit, which could be exploitative and not necessarily legal. Third, government agencies have budgets and audits like many public companies but not private companies. If a government agency exceeds its budget it is essential bankrupt. Finally, if a government agency fails an audit people can be fined, fired, or even prosecuted. Government agencies are always audited, unlike many commercial companies that are only audited according to regulation and/or cause of investigation. Many of the people recently fired by DOGE are auditors that were preventing the very kind of behavior you suggest of government.
- ericjmorey 2y agoNo evidence at all. Just feelings.