BGH—it is hard for me to have sympathy.
I’ve had to do what you are doing—but in the private sector, and more than once.
Since 1982, we had to, every year, do more with less and with less people.
We had every consultant and flavor-of-the-month cost reduction guru pass our way.
One time we had a campaign to cut 40% of our expenses. So the boss of my division calls a meeting, and opens with, “So, how do we cut expenses 40%?”
Easy, says me, fire 40% of the people at this table. Problem solved.
That stupid program ended in a dismal failure to say the least—but that is what we have had to deal with.
Since 1982, American companies have had to deal with higher costs, over-regulation, and overseas competition.
Government just kept chugging along like it was 1969, getting bigger and bigger. A total disconnect from the realies faced every day by the tax paying public.
Now it’s your turn.
Welcome to the club.
Feels like crap, doesn’t it.
Government just kept chugging along like it was 1969, getting bigger and bigger. A total disconnect from the realies faced every day by the tax paying public.
exit82 NAILS it. The Number One, and probably number two and three, problem(s) in this country, stated clearly in your post. I might be inclined to claim that the problem started back in the 1960's, but it doesn't make your post any less true.