I agree. getting rid of some of the fat would be smart. The problem goes deeper than that though. Some agencies are efficient and effective. Ones that actually operate things that people use. Others, just put studies on the shelves. I’ve worked for both public and privet sectors. I honestly think that some public sector environments are much more competitive than private. I am still not sold that private is all the efficient either. I know a lot of people in the private sector that just sit around and do nothing. This increases cost to the buyer or us. But we have to keep people working or we’ll end up like Iraq. A bunch of broke men with no jobs, no income and no family = pissed off a without direction. Not good.
