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Originally Posted by Regorium
I'm sure this has been said, but "cutting government" is not really the answer.
In the structure of a government institution, they have a vast number of managers because the vast majority of their projects are outsourced. In addition, the managers are needed because they are approving things that will have significant effects on the whole city, and need to be empowered to do so. Having 10 staff that do nothing but funnel everything to 1 manager is not efficient, nor is it effective.
Considering the amount of crap that the city gets from their "clients", whether it's a developer, an oil/gas operator, a design company, or what not, I want enough people with significant experience and knowledge to deal with the shadiness that will inevitably come. I don't want a fresh grad that is going to approve zoning based on a developer's presentation. Unfortunately, it seems like that's what people that are all about "cutting government" seem to want.
Not to mention, WR people and Republicans alike, are always saying "okay we audit the institutions and then slash and burn! that'll get us $xx trillion savings". When it comes time to actually slash and burn, they will always balk. It's one of those things that is so vague. I think it's necessary for WR to state exactly how much is coming out of which departments - and see whether the general public likes the answer or not.
Also, I just read some WR documentation on their plans. Seriously, pay freezes and 20% cuts to front-line public sector workers? Considering they already get paid like crap and deal with so much garbage, it's no wonder that they can't attract and retain talent. I don't understand why these workers, who are exactly like you and me, get scapegoated for everything.
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We don't know though because the middle management level has become so huge. you could almost take the Michael Douglas speech from Wall Street, we've looked at the structure and we can't figure out how it works.
I think three does have to be a departmental efficiency audit done at the management level to see if there is waste.
And I: don't buy that these people are so poorly paid, when you add their benefits into their compensation plan they are very well compensated for what they do.
the fact that the day to day budget is so out of whack the cuts have to come, the government spending has to come down and the primary place that it is going to have to come from is in the people area.