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68style · 01-04-2019, 09:23 AM

Ever heard the term relative? It's pretty obvious I meant efficient in comparison to other governments, not private businesses........... which do not and can not offer the services, most of which are not profitable, that governments do because their services end up being unfair or poor in the interest of profit margins at some point, particularly if it's a listed company. Or, even worse, they lie about their results which the government has much less interest in doing save for a few political situations. Government also cannot hide their financial activities like a corporation can, everything is transparent and accessible by any Canadian citizen/interested party at no cost to you including every worker's salary.

Your conclusion that government programs all turn to shit is the only thing ironic in either of our posts because private companies are WAY more likely to turn their service to shit in the long run and provide less for the customer while charging more, particularly if that business is a monopoly. Examples of this in our every day life are too numerous to even begin to list, be they services like TV or cell phone to the giant corporation of Apple itself. The direction and success of any government department rides on the minister in charge of it to provide direction much like a CEO would. There are, of course, good and bad ministers same as good or bad CEO's, but every single corporation is single-minded in its task to produce better results every year, particularly if its publicly traded, and those results are not usually achieved by providing a better product at a lower or equivalent price to the consumer. They're achieved by cutting costs using cheaper materials, moving production to cheaper countries, cutting workers, having a monopoly so the consumer has no choice or selling a brand image that belies the product.

You're also wrong that government agencies raise taxes when they run out of money. Raising taxes isn't even a last resort as it is political suicide for any elected official to do so... in lieu of this, government organizations restructure, reorganize and take on efficiency advice just like any company does. They move money around between programs. Some programs are forced to do without or halt certain projects they're working on or do more with less money. They have to eliminate part-time or casual staff or existing workers have to take on activities beyond their work descriptions. Budgets are set annually and overages are NOT permitted. So where are you getting your theory from since it's obviously not based on facts? It would appear that you are also very much misinformed.

01-04-2019, 09:23 AM	#135
68style Performance Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Richmond Posts: 19,408 Thanked 21,413 Times in 7,299 Posts Failed 331 Times in 220 Posts	Ever heard the term relative? It's pretty obvious I meant efficient in comparison to other governments, not private businesses........... which do not and can not offer the services, most of which are not profitable, that governments do because their services end up being unfair or poor in the interest of profit margins at some point, particularly if it's a listed company. Or, even worse, they lie about their results which the government has much less interest in doing save for a few political situations. Government also cannot hide their financial activities like a corporation can, everything is transparent and accessible by any Canadian citizen/interested party at no cost to you including every worker's salary. Your conclusion that government programs all turn to shit is the only thing ironic in either of our posts because private companies are WAY more likely to turn their service to shit in the long run and provide less for the customer while charging more, particularly if that business is a monopoly. Examples of this in our every day life are too numerous to even begin to list, be they services like TV or cell phone to the giant corporation of Apple itself. The direction and success of any government department rides on the minister in charge of it to provide direction much like a CEO would. There are, of course, good and bad ministers same as good or bad CEO's, but every single corporation is single-minded in its task to produce better results every year, particularly if its publicly traded, and those results are not usually achieved by providing a better product at a lower or equivalent price to the consumer. They're achieved by cutting costs using cheaper materials, moving production to cheaper countries, cutting workers, having a monopoly so the consumer has no choice or selling a brand image that belies the product. You're also wrong that government agencies raise taxes when they run out of money. Raising taxes isn't even a last resort as it is political suicide for any elected official to do so... in lieu of this, government organizations restructure, reorganize and take on efficiency advice just like any company does. They move money around between programs. Some programs are forced to do without or halt certain projects they're working on or do more with less money. They have to eliminate part-time or casual staff or existing workers have to take on activities beyond their work descriptions. Budgets are set annually and overages are NOT permitted. So where are you getting your theory from since it's obviously not based on facts? It would appear that you are also very much misinformed.