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Old 06-06-2008, 11:59 AM
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For example, right now, government programmers are doing basically nothing, but still getting paid six figures. That represents capital being directly stolen from all the citizens who don't have government jobs.
Actually changing the way that burocrats work is extremly difficult.

Especially as a democrat you can't simply ignore the unions either that would run amok if you make government workers fireable or pay those people (who produce no results) less than they are getting at the moment.
You probably would also get problems with the judicial system if you take something away from the government workers who produce no results (after all those people have contracts).

Even I'm not that optimistic to think that Obama could substancially change that system, especially in the short run.
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