Posted on 03/10/2011 5:19:29 PM PST by johnsmom
A bill in Kansas establishes a commission to study ways to outsource government jobs to private sector jobs or to non-profit organizations. The bill passed, the house. If it passes the senate, governor Sam Brownback will likely sign it. More through link....
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Interesting.
Wow....what a concept!
“A bill in Kansas establishes a commission to study ways to outsource government jobs to private sector jobs or to non-profit organizations.”
This sounds good but it changes very little and in some cases makes things worse.
The entities outsourced to - for-profit, nonprofit, “community based” or otherwise - become “outside” interests and advocacy groups who, every year, lobby for additional funding for the wonderful services they are providing; and with it all duly funded by the income they got from their government contract.
May it spread to the other 49 (56) states.
“A bill in Kansas establishes a commission to study ways to outsource government jobs to private sector jobs or to non-profit organizations.”
This sounds good but it changes very little and in some cases makes things worse.
The entities outsourced to - for-profit, nonprofit, “community based” or otherwise - become “outside” interests and advocacy groups who, every year, lobby for additional funding for the wonderful services they are providing; and with it all duly funded by the income they got from their government contract.
Better to think in the following way:
1. If it could be privitized, then maybe just leave it to the private sector and markets, in the first place. Just get the government out of it.
2, Is it REALLY part of the ESSENTIAL services that government MUST do, in the first place. (Law enforcement for instance).
If 2 is not true, then most likely 1 is true.
And if 2 is true then government should do it (and without public sector unions) and do it as well as possible with only as much resources as needed, period.
Actually this is a good idea. At the least it breaks the unions. The companies will more than likely hire the same people already holding those jobs.
Outsourcing saved San Diego County a ton of money 10 years ago, and it was spared the financial debacle that the city of San Diego is just going through now. Of course, at the same time, they fixed the problem with public sector pensions. SD County is humming while SD City is hemorrhaging red ink.
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