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From: cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer)
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory
Subject: Re: What is "capitalism"?
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Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 12:44:12 EDT
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> > 	(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

Government, because it is a monopoly, doesn't have the competitive
pressures to improve service if it screws up; a private company that
screws up loses its market share, and the stockholders or the proprietor
will take steps to solve the problem by removing managers that don't
do their jobs.  The government doesn't have bad intentions in this area ---
it just can't figure out that it has problems because it can't lose
market share.