Saturday, April 24, 2010

Senior SEC staffers caught surfing porn during crisis

Senior SEC staffers caught surfing porn during crisis

Best comment on the subject... "Maybe they were doing this to learn new ways of screwing the American people"

But I kid. The fact of the matter is that obviously there were too many people and not enough work for the SEC if they could pay people who were not being productive to THAT degree, and quite frankly, there needs to be a little bit of a cull of people so that the right size can be determined.

I liken this to the recent provincial government announcement that seeks to reduce the public service by 15% over 4 years. I know public service employees who were deeply affected by this move, and a hiring freeze didn't help matters much either, but here's the thing. You don't know who you don't need until they are gone and not missed. It so happens that the department that I am referring to cut 6 positions out of a total of 10 or so. One of those positions was a contracted receptionist who was clearly missed because she had her position again within 3 weeks of the cuts. There are others, however, that won't be missed, and these are the people you don't find out are extra until they are gone. By cutting staff, there also becomes a necessity for innovative thinking which will normally supplant the need for additional staffing.

Both of these reasons are a normal function of private enterprise. When it becomes your money being spent, a person would tend to be more careful about the decisions that they make. They make decisions based on what is best or palatable for themselves, as all people do whether they admit it or not, and will normally be prepared to work harder or do without if there is some gain for themselves. This is the difference with government management in that there IS no direct connection to the money that would make someone act in a self-interested way. This is the reason why private enterprise will generally succeed where government enterprises may fail in a free market.

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