"Icebound" wrote in message
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Tom S. wrote:
"Chip Jones" wrote:

Who cares about a system model for what comes next? American government
works best when we run it like a business,


Sounds nice, but it's a myth. One can't run a government like a business
because the rules are the inverse of one another (bureaucracy vs.
flexibility of decision making).


just like Enron, MCI, or any
major airline (say Eastern, Pan Am, TWA etc).


And those companies tired to run the business like a government.



Not nearly. There is quite a difference between inefficiency and
outright deception and fraud.

In that case, it's EXACTLY like government.


Failure to deliver by public agencies is often as much the fault of the
shareholders' (taxpayers) lack of investment as it is the fault of
management's incompetence. Government agencies can be as flexible as
large private companies, if they have some assurance of continuity of
budget and programs. But if all the management hours have to be spent
figuring out how to cut as opposed to what and how to deliver, then what
do you expect?

See my post about LIMITED government. There is no way they can be "flexible"
and legitimate.