Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site spar.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!decwrl!spar!baba From: baba@spar.UUCP (Baba ROM DOS) Newsgroups: net.politics.theory Subject: Re: What is "capitalism"? Message-ID: <356@spar.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 22:16:57 EDT Article-I.D.: spar.356 Posted: Mon Jun 24 22:16:57 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Jun-85 05:18:53 EDT References: <2876@sdcc3.UUCP> <2380026@acf4.UUCP> <197@ubvax.UUCP> <72@denelvx.UUCP> Organization: Schlumberger Palo Alto Research, CA Lines: 16 > (Third point): What makes you think that the average government > official has any interest in learning anything from the feedback? > > Regards, > Neal Weidenhofer Well, having a few public servants among my friends and relations, I can vouch that government officials have the same sorts of goals as the rest of us, and derive a similar satisfaction from a job well done. It is true that people in civil service jobs are hard to fire, but I would feel sorry for Denelcor if the sole reason you applied yourself was to avoid being fired. What makes you think that government officials are any less interested in learning from feedback than you are? Baba