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Originally Posted by Locke
This is the thing that drives me absolutely batcrap crazy.
Of course 'be careful.'
This is the thing, everyone in positions of power wants to implement broad, sweeping policies that are intended to make positive changes.
Thats not always necessary or efficient (looking at you minimum wage). Look at the structure, look at the 'on-the-ground' actual and real information.
You get elected and then its all 'pay-for-access' dinners and flights to Conferences in Paris, nobody ever sits down and cracks open the goddamned ledger and asks 'is this a reasonable price?'
Nobody ever wants to sit down and do the actual work.
Its just too easy to say: "We're not going to touch healthcare because, well, its healthcare. We're not going to touch Education because, well, the children."
Why cant we sit down and go through the books and say:
- Do we need two managers for this?
- Is this a reasonable price?
- Can we reform the pensions somewhat?
- Are our wages in line?
- Can our practices be modified?
And we're not allowed to do any of this because if you even try you're killing old people and turning our children into idiots.
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Absolutely agreed, Locke. If anything it's the healthcare system that kind of holds the discussion hostage by playing off the idea that it's untouchable because it needs to be free for everyone.
Politicians need to go after the inefficiencies by immediately separating the cuts from having it free for all. "Hey look, we're not touching the fact that health care is free for all, we're going after the system efficiencies". That would get peoples backs down.