TheRealMafoo said:
If the proposed government healthcare plan, was to have New Zealand run it, I would be less scared. The reality is our government does run things badly. Why then intrust them with something this important to run? |
I would say quickly as im heading off to bed is probably down to 3 important factors that I can think of:
1. The U.S. government is full of conflicts of interest between politics and corporations/other interested parties (lobbies) (re-election money), conflicts between State and Federal government levels (State pork, I.E put this lil project on this and I'll give you my vote).
2. Government departments are run on the 'spend it or lose it philosphy' so waste is built right into the system when your budget next year depends on how much you spend this year.
3. A corporate model of accountability can be applied to a government department as easily as it can to a corporation. Many of our 'State owned' functions like healthcare, post, power production are run on a corporate model and are actually very efficient. Our postal service returns a profit to the government every year for example.
To solve it my best guess would be something like this:
1. Return powers back to the states as governments are a lot more efficient spending their own taxpayers money and not so much when it comes out of a bottomless barrel.
2. Corporatise government departments, hire outside executives and run them like a business with bonuses etc set on achieving performance targets if neccessary.
3. Give candidates with a set proportion of 'pre-votes' a substantial quantity of money so they can run fairly with better paid candidates to ensure its the best person who got the election win and not just the person with the most money.
Tease.
