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Originally Posted by Tinordi
There's also very good arguments that the efficiency, waste pursuits and their solutions of "getting government to be more like business" have seriously hampered the effectiveness of the civil service. It's not like pursuing waste and efficiency has no tradeoffs, it does and could server to ultimately undermine cost savings.
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There's also clear evidence that many other jurisdictions are able to deliver better outcomes for public dollars while spending considerably less.
This illusion that spending somehow magically fixes all problems needs to end immediately. Quite likely it is exactly how we got into this problem. Long waits in emergence? Well let's raise royalties. Not enough schools? Clearly we should raid the heritage trust fund. Billion dollar deficits? How about a sales tax.
Time to explore some real change in our systems, such as the Wildrose party suggests.