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Originally Posted by d-ray657
Do you have data to back that up? I tend to doubt it. There are plenty of intelligent people with a strong sense of service. Think the service academies get the dregs. They produce government workers. Many schools of education are selective in their entrance requirements. There are plenty of wannabe cops working for private security companies, because the standards for getting into the academy are high.
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I realize there are people that work just for a sense of service, but there are also many that just want the benefits of government employment. Given the monopoly that government has over their created functions, it is difficult to find comparisons with private enterprise. The Postal Service might be an apt comparison. Could the Postal Service exist without their mandated monopoly over mail?
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If you want to believe that government services are superfluous, I can see why you would want part time or volunteer workers. I would rather have competent workers who bring credentials and develop experience and expertise in their jobs. Wouldn't you rather have an experienced food inspector, building inspector, fire marshall, law enforcement officer, air traffic controller, and yes, regulator?
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"Experienced" also implies entrenched, complacent, and careerist inspired motivations. How does one eliminate a bureaucracy once it is created?
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BTW, it's not valid to compare people who for wages with people who work for wages? Or it's not valid to compare the salaries of people whose companies trade in paper with the salaries who run a state-wide or nation-wide (actually world-wide) operation? It's not valid to point out that the compensation in the private sector is extremely top-heavy, particularly compared with the compensation of people who work for us?
Regards,
D-Ray
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Unless one owns stock in a company why would one care what the CEO earns? The citizen has an interest in minimizing the cost of government because it has a direct monetary cost and it restricts liberty.