tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post115404041894007255..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1154109114010666222006-07-28T12:51:00.000-05:002006-07-28T12:51:00.000-05:00Hmmm...you may have a point. Privatization is one tool that can be used, but it doesn't apply well, as a business model, to an agency like this.<BR/><BR/>But the whole state worker lazes around argument is a little lame. I know a lot of workers at FSSA, and they're trying hard, in a difficult system. <BR/><BR/>And the Mitch-Mitch hookup is a little too surreal for me. Didn't Roob's wife used to do the halftime shows for IU basketball games? She was just a little too perky for me. <BR/><BR/>Maybe both Roobs need slapped around a little.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1154103512199599642006-07-28T11:18:00.000-05:002006-07-28T11:18:00.000-05:00Nothing wrong with privitization. <BR/><BR/>Problems with the state's system did not form over the past 18 months. They are deeply embedded in the fabric of state bureaucracy. Give the work to a company that cares about the bottom line because if they don't reduce costs, fraud, and waste, then they won't make any money at all. It's the best way to ensure that our taxpayer funds are used efficiently.<BR/><BR/>If government employees weren't asleep at the wheel all the time, working their 8 hours per day, NO MORE, mind you, and counting the time until their pensions vest (why the heck are we funding their retirements!), then there would be no need to look to private contractors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1154098695808917382006-07-28T09:58:00.000-05:002006-07-28T09:58:00.000-05:00Has this crowd ever met a public function they won't privatize? Some things are best handled by the public sector. If it's broke fix it, don't trasfer it.<BR/><BR/>I have come to the conclusion these folks distrust government so much they're going to buy it. And run it into the ground, but at least doing so at a profit to their buds.<BR/><BR/>If you need any more proof check this: Al Hubbard, former local businessman, detests big government. Railed against it forever. But he uses the SBA to help him buy up bankrupt companies. So evidently he hates big government only if it isn't helping him. <BR/><BR/>And he's the president's chief economic adviser.<BR/><BR/>Game, set, match. Philosophical consistency isn't in their vocabulary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com