[Maximum Leader]

The problem with applying Six Sigma or for that matter TQM (still not sure what that is, glad there's a new buzzword has superceded it)to the government is thta there are no shareholders in Uncle Sam.

Jack Welch was ruthless-- against his competitors, against vendors, against nonperforming employees-- in a way that George W. can never be. There are so many different interet groups that have political power to protect their own little piece of the pie. The problem is almost never what changes do we need to make, but rather what lobbies do we have to appease to get even the simplest reformes through.

The most glaring example currently are government employee unions that have the Democrats in the Senate tying up the homeland security bill. However, the single most critical problem is border security.

And our problem is that the Democrats want more immigrants, legal or otherwise, because they want their votes. And Republicans want more immigrants because they like the cheap labor. Couple that with a State Department which approved visa applications for the 9/11 hijackers that on their face were fraudelent and an INS that is so sublimely incompetent that its almost a work of art--- and our whole border security system is a train wreck.

You don't need a Harvard MBA to see what the problem is and nothing is going to be done because (so far), its not in anyone's political interest to change the system.

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THAT IS REASON #17 to VOTE REPUBLICAN ON TUESdAY!

Bush wants a Homeland security dept that defends our homeland. the Dems are using it as a patronage deal for Govt unions.

We have to help Bush make this a professional dept. that is managed and focussed on our security, not on featherbedding or ineptnes-protection rules.