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Originally Posted by Greg
And you really think "the government" can do ANYTHING efficiently?
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It depends. I agree with you that this is unfortunate and dismaying. But: to what are we comparing? Un-normalized numbers without comparison metrics usually make it hard to make good decisions. Has the problem grown worse? Or has the problem gotten better? We don't know from this story. Nor do we know how this sort of thing compares to other large entities, like corporations or the military, or other governments. Making any conclusion from just this information is a leap to judgment.
In related news, we have this:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-1...dget-cuts.html
An excerpt:
The Internal Revenue Service is reducing spending in anticipation of budget cuts for the current fiscal year that haven’t taken effect, Commissioner Douglas Shulman said in a letter to lawmakers today.
He warned of a “noticeable degradation” of taxpayer services and enforcement if Congress follows through on a plan to cut about $500 million from the agency’s budget for fiscal 2012.