Small (Federal) Government

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Originally Posted by donquixote99

Many problems stem not from the size of the government, but from bad management. I was just reading how Social Security still uses an obsolete "Dictionary of Occupational Titles,' from 1977, in adjudicating disability claims. If they can find some sedentary low-skill job in that that a claimant could supposedly do, they can deny the claim. They think they have to keep doing this until they get a comprehensive up-to-date list of jobs, even though there are now no jobs for things like 'pneumatic tube operator.' That is bad management. They have also spent years and years and over $100,000,000 without getting the new job list. They plan to take years more. That is bad management.

One does need big government to pay disability benefits to millions of people. However, why does big government have to mean stupid government?

The x-ray department at the Naval Medical Center Sand Diego still has the pneumatic tube delivery system. As late as 15 Years ago we would still get written requests from the wards via the tube. Of course now it is all done on the electronic medical record via the LAN.