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Originally Posted by AtomicLabMonkey
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Originally Posted by tysonK
the focal reason socialism in say the russian sense didn't work, was because the equations they used to forcast all of their needs and wants was very VERY complex and basically they didn't have enough power to eqaute how much of a given good would actually be needed during a year. Although they did come pretty close sometimes.
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Another reason communism hasn't worked in practice is that people are basically lazy and selfish. It's just human nature. Why should someone do any more than they absolutely have to to get by, when they're not going to get anything for their effort in return? The free market system, while far from perfect, at least provides incentives to work your ass off, innovate and accomplish things. |
This is exactly why the workers at the DMV suck ass. Basically, the longer they work there, the more money they make and the harder it is to fire them. So they cost the gov't more and do less work. In fact all gov't jobs are like that in some ways, if you do your job well and efficiently, then your dept gets its funding cut, cuz hell, you didn't
need all the money allocated, now did you? 'Course if you're lazy and don't get things done, well then it looks like your dept just needs more money 'cuz you simply didn't have the resources to do your job, now did you?
Ask Austin what happens right around the end of the fiscal year at LLNL...
The problem is one of professional responsibility. I say give bonuses to the people that did they govt jobs well, and more importantly, fire the people that fucked up, regardless how tenured they are. In a business designed to make money, these actions are self evident, but in a non-profit setting, where everything is paid by taxes, there isn't enough incentive to do your job well.