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Originally Posted by godwin
I think it is a catch 22.. monitoring and enforcing welfare fraud is a game of diminishing returns.
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Agreed. The number crunchers and efficiency experts aren't idiots.
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Originally Posted by godwin
To the gov sweeping things underneath the rug is easiest and most cost effective unfortunately. Especially most of the workers are in unions.
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Outlining a vision and a broad strategy have little to do with the fact that much of the public sector is unionized. The bureaucrats are ultimately at the mercy of their political masters and not only that, most of the senior decision-makers are not unionized and/or view their unions as little more than negotiating agents when it's time for a new agreement. Part of the problem is that our politicians lack the courage to actually try to sell a long-term vision for solving the problem in the DTES, but another part of the problem is with us.