The federal government is an organization over 200 years old that has seldom been reduced or re-engineered. It's like a mile long luxury automobile. It will carryover lots of people, but it is dear, unproductive, & can't maneuver quickly. Can anything be done?

It can be improved, but not without some hard choices. The process ought to start with a few admissions.

Public service employee pay & benefits is going to bankrupt local, state, & national government if not changed. Government employees are paid an average of 40% over their private sector counterpart & their benefits are off the chart. A 50 year old one that has worked for the government 25 years can retire & get 70% of their wage & healthcare coverage for life. The government won't only pay the wage of the retired person for another 30-40 years with all their healthcare, but also pay the wage & benefits of the new hire taking over the position.I read that government pension payments alone are already in the trillions.

Government employees get guaranteed pay raises every year, regardless of performance. As far as I can inform, a government employee cannot be fired unless they are a criminal. they get moved to other departments.They get their raises regardless of a down economy. a lot for the idea of shared sacrifice in the coursework of the latest recession.


1. necessary with minor changes.

i have done some business process consulting work & I shutter at the thought of taking on a government entity. Every agency, program, department, & office needs an honest operational review. I would classify each department in one of eight catagories; NMC, NCU, UBE, & URN. The government loves acronyms!

2. necessary, but currently useless. whole group ought to be eliminated & start over.

3. Unnecessary & ought to be eliminated.

4. Unnecessary & a result of nepotism (favoritism). This one is important to find out which selected officials are ripping off the process to pay their relatives & friends.


Being self-employed i have had endless sleepless nights worried if I will have income the next month. i have had to work all hours & sacrifice holidays to get projects done in order to be payed. I can't comprehend a government job where your largest worry is boredom.

it is time for an accounting. This ought to have supreme importance as they move into an election season. Ask your candidates these hard economic questions:

there's so lots of examples of how the largest bureaucracy in the history of the world is grossly ineffective, let me mention one. The government has lots of programs to feed the hungry. I don't know the exact number of programs, they span different departments & locations. This type of disorganization leads to incredible waste, fraud, & worst of all - children still go hungry.


* How can they continue to fund government pensions?

* What will you do to hold an unnecessary program accountable?

* ought to government salaries be 40% higher than the people they serve?

* in case you are selected, how lots of people will get government jobs?



As long as performance not a requirement for workers or departments, there's going to be issues. If bigger government is what the nation wishes, at least need some accountability.

New government jobs ought to be offered to 50 somethings like me. The funds saved on pensions alone would keep lots of governments from bankruptcy in the future. and, I need to ride in Uncle Sam's massive luxury automobile.