"Efficiency for whom? Efficiency is a word used to describe economic systems, i.e. it's efficient if it continues to make (more and more) money. Public sector efficiency should be based on adequate delivery of services, regardless of cost. The idea that socialised services should conform to private sector benchmarks, SET by the private sector, is ridiculous.
Jess"
Doyle It is not a ridiculous point to make. Efficiencies is one of those stupid propaganda points the capitalist are always making that socialism is inefficient. In many cases government administration of programs is much cheaper. Just compare them to charities. When working people swallow the line about inefficiencies we get the blame. Better to understand why things cost the way they do. In addition if we won, we would have to be practical about how we do things. We can't spend on something just because we don't care how much money it takes to make something happen. Rather we want to have a sense of the social costs, and the social benefits of programs. If you are poor in an undeveloped economy you must make do with the limited resources at hand. You can't afford drugs that alleviate some aspects of aids, even though your government is socialist.
Doyle I hear the cry of despair in your words, that we would do things with our own interests upper most the devil with capitalist benchmarks, but these subjects are complicated. regards, Doyle Saylor