tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post4855566074210433740..comments2024-03-28T16:03:02.583-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: "Government employees multiplying like rabbits"Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-12784303074176977712019-12-11T10:51:10.309-06:002019-12-11T10:51:10.309-06:003). Not to mention, all the belly-aching of govt. ...3). Not to mention, all the belly-aching of govt. Trade unions....John T. Blockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10878974023699762981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-4163294084857735142019-12-11T08:29:26.216-06:002019-12-11T08:29:26.216-06:00I'm with TheAxe on this one. For a number of a...I'm with TheAxe on this one. For a number of agencies, workload is increasing (partly due to laws or changing conditions, and partly due to headquarters stupidity)and a lack of hiring when people retired has led to too few people chasing what they can - the end result is that the job doesn't get done well and the public isn't served well. <br />If you look at government expenses, salaries are a small part of it - I would rather see cutting regs and total expenses over 'just' cutting employees, at least at the federal level; I can't speak for state and local since I don't know details of them. <br /><br />There are some, including Newt Gingrich, who advocate increasing federal employment to provide more personalized solutions that actually address problems with flexibility instead of a 'one size fits none' solution. Jonathan Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10476185257203343474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-18559914061943826932019-12-10T21:26:39.519-06:002019-12-10T21:26:39.519-06:00AT SSA we're seriously shorthanded, have about...AT SSA we're seriously shorthanded, have about half the people we had when the attrition started with the Tea Party congresses in the 2010s. Now those left have so much being shoved on them we're starting to see people quit because the workloads are crazy but upper management wants to hit certain targets regardless of the reality on the ground and wait times for the public are getting ridiculous. Automation only goes so far which is another thing congress and the public don't want to hear. It's easy to say "let's cut bureaucracy" but not everyone wants the consequences. TheAxehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04328271483659507053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-15995954541580771082019-12-10T18:37:44.231-06:002019-12-10T18:37:44.231-06:00The HR departments in state and local government a...The HR departments in state and local government are often led by highly dedicated social justice warriors and have aggressive affirmative action policies for every possible constituency. Every last one of those constituencies has multiple interest groups which will oppose any slowing in government growth, let alone actual shrinkage.<br /><br />There is coordination with other parts of the countries and with unions such as AFSCME and SEIO, among others, and with legal groups that will provide extensive litigation support.Peter Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122781534685443942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-60357583756155282842019-12-10T18:14:20.285-06:002019-12-10T18:14:20.285-06:00Some of this has been driven though by the Federal...Some of this has been driven though by the Federal Government's interference into every aspect of life both public and private. The EPA makes rules and the states have to hire people to comply with it. Ditto for city and county governments. The Lab Managerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314871529571094106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-75779711079868397852019-12-10T17:21:15.884-06:002019-12-10T17:21:15.884-06:00Even the bit that President Trump has managed is s...Even the bit that President Trump has managed is screamed about by the media and the Democrats. 600 positions cut from Education!? Catastrophe! Reducing regulations!? Inconceivable!tweellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164718561825615886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-90465365100881207422019-12-10T15:43:51.330-06:002019-12-10T15:43:51.330-06:00what success might be achieved by an electoral pla...what success might be achieved by an electoral platform...[that]... vowed to reduce government bureaucracy <br /><br />1. Enormous government-worker contributions to opposing candidates; <br />2. total opposition by local media. <br /><br />stencilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10301529692425359238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-12749785741379836532019-12-10T13:59:39.966-06:002019-12-10T13:59:39.966-06:00Mr. Grant,
That happened in my state governmental ...Mr. Grant,<br />That happened in my state governmental unit during the Recession. My organization lost a full 50% of the complement. It wasn't heralded by anybody, but it did happen. I got transferred to a site 2 hours away from my previous billet. Happy to be still able to work, mind you. Public history (I do 17th C. Anglo-American) is crucial in my opinion, because the kids apparently know more than their parents nowadays. I rapid fire.... OK kids, last 5 Stuart monarchs, and James I doesn't count.....go...todd gallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446676971717864094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-85335608685235695042019-12-10T13:01:52.203-06:002019-12-10T13:01:52.203-06:00Government is where the Peter Principle and Parkin...Government is where the Peter Principle and Parkinson's Law have their most unfettered expression. The rest is a leviathan of incompetence. <br /><br />It os interesting to note that the study that lead Parkinson to formulate his Law was one of the British Colonial Office. He found that, at the time when the British Colonial possessions were rapidly declaring independence, the staff of the Colonial Office was GROWING.<br /><br />Even as their jobs ceased to exist.C. S. P. Schofieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307088118631856756noreply@blogger.com