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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Where's the option for "Cut waste, find efficiencies, and trim the fat"?  |
That sounds nice, but why do we assume there is always more fat to cut with the government? I doubt they're 100 per cent efficient. But neither is the private sector (and anyone who says otherwise has probably never worked at a big company in the private sector). Suncore didn't look for a 15 per cent reduction in operating costs through efficiency - they laid 1000 people off. Prentice commented the other day that Alberta could lay off every public servant who doesn't work in health care and they still wouldn't balance the budget this year.
This is why we don't have rational handling of public finances - few voters want to act like adults and recognize the tradeoffs. Everyone thinks they can still get everything they want without paying because someone else will take the hit.