The Cause Of Bureaucracy In The US Government

The article is written by James Wilson, expounding on the cause of bureaucracy in the US government. To begin with, Wilson analyses the case of the Central Park’s ice skating rink in New York. This difference in efficiency was summarized through numbers: the failed City of New York with 6 years and $13 million, successful Trump with 5 months and $3 million. The projects had to meet several problems. The sector was accountable for rebuilding the rink which could operate with low energy costs. The Parks and Recreation Department must gave equal chance for all contractors to bid for the project. Moreover, the plan was to be as detailed as possible to the contractors. Lastly and most importantly, efficiency was the element that set the contract with Trump an outstanding one, when Trump was able to complete the project quickly and cost-effectively. However, the public has to be cautious when judging the government's efficiency just by these two factors. …show more content…
In contrast, the government was slow and costly due to its many valued outputs. The bureaucracy put checks on the government's conducting of its business, whose result was to meet many values: government's honesty, interest groups' support, and the people's confidence. These values were usually conflicting, a fact that required political negotiations and slowed down the government. Bureaucracy creates tradeoffs: efficient versus nonarbitrary, responsive versus fair. It takes time to balances theses values. Bureaucracy is complex and slow, but it