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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
You mean run it like a corporation?
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No.
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Wouldn't that require a "survival of the fittest" form of capitalism incompatible with how you say we should run a govt?
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No.
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Wouldn't that corrupt our blessed, sacred govt?
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Not any more than paying government workers already does.
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Wouldn't that would require firing others to cut costs?
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Not necessarily.
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Have you any experience with firing a federal empoloyee?
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Thankfully, no. But you were the one pointed out that it's hard to get good people to stay because they can make more money elsewhere. So if you pay them more, they're likelier to stay, and then you have less of a problem with needing to fire them.
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Or are you suggesting we just pay everyone in the govt a whole lot more. That would surely make it more efficient, wouldn't it?
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If you are correct that low salaries make it hard for the government to retain good people, then -- all else equal -- it would tend to help.
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