Don’t Blame the Bureaucracy Bureaucracies are systems of government in which state officials make decisions rather than elected representatives. According to voters the government has shown to be wasteful, meddlesome and ineffective. Voters feel as though that public agencies and employees are the biggest part of the problem of our government. The reason believed for this poor functioning government is the corruption and political influence that can be found in bureaucracies. (Milward, Rainey, 149). Perhaps, this negative view of bureaucracy stimulates its poor functioning mechanisms. It’s incredibly difficult to fix a problem when one does not know where it stems from. This inability to gauge and analyze these problems properly fuels this
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Instead of investing in the ailments and trying to improve there were major tax cuts, spending cuts, removing authority, and simply an attempt to cut down on government. These trends show more of a focus on the economy and the private sector, rather than a focus on the service of the people. According to polls this was caused by the bureaucracy being lazy and incompetent (150). Instead of attempting to possibly fix the problems within the government at all levels, funding had been withdrawn, possibly making matters worse. According to James Tobin, one of the greatest economics advances in history happened in the United States along with an increasing growth of the public sector (151). Many people claim that the main problem with the government is that it is run poorly with bad management. There is a belief that if the government becomes more business-like, then it will become more efficient. Originally our government was designed to prevent excess concentrated power rather than focusing on promoting efficiency. In some ways, becoming more efficient would mean sacrificing American ideals (152). A possible problem with the request for more business-like government is the assumption that businesses are more efficient and underestimating the ability of the government to operate
Instead of investing in the ailments and trying to improve there were major tax cuts, spending cuts, removing authority, and simply an attempt to cut down on government. These trends show more of a focus on the economy and the private sector, rather than a focus on the service of the people. According to polls this was caused by the bureaucracy being lazy and incompetent (150). Instead of attempting to possibly fix the problems within the government at all levels, funding had been withdrawn, possibly making matters worse. According to James Tobin, one of the greatest economics advances in history happened in the United States along with an increasing growth of the public sector (151). Many people claim that the main problem with the government is that it is run poorly with bad management. There is a belief that if the government becomes more business-like, then it will become more efficient. Originally our government was designed to prevent excess concentrated power rather than focusing on promoting efficiency. In some ways, becoming more efficient would mean sacrificing American ideals (152). A possible problem with the request for more business-like government is the assumption that businesses are more efficient and underestimating the ability of the government to operate