This isn't a conversation about efficiency, it's about public policy coupled with the USG's, as an employer, HR strategy.
Also you aren't looking at the aggregate, i.e. doctors at a third the price, C levels at 1% the price.
Lastly people confuse Federal employees with State and Municipal employees who generally are vastly overpaid. They aren't the same thing. Federal employees get a lot of hate but realistically almost no one ever meets one in practice.
The most overpaid Federal employees are military enlisted but somehow everyone wants to pay them even more and I highly doubt when you put out your vitriol towards Federal employees you mean we should cut Private Smith's pay by 75%. I mean if you want to talk pure USG employee pay efficiency, conscripts are dirt cheap, should bring them back.
It 100% isn't and anybody who has been around public or PRIVATE policy in a formulation role is aware of that. Efficiency is only factored in once "all things are equal" which means after you winnowed down to two highly equally inefficient choices and you have pick one.
Btw I am curious though in your advocacy of conscription given its high efficiency and likewise cutting Private Smith's pay 75% while sleeping in a tent in Iraq, when do you plan to enlist? I am actually giggling over here imagining every John, Jane, and Dick marching into the recruitment station and free market negotiating their pay with SGT Sanchez including vacation benefits, which particular rifle, just how high they individual have to jump when they are ordered to jump.as a group, etc. Does he get overtime if the enemy is still shooting him at 17:01 or can he just go home for the day? Those damn overpaid Federal employees with their Cadillac benefits packages lol.
And slaves are extremely efficient in many, though not all, industries, why do you think California just voted overwhelming to keep slavery this past election; the main argument abolishing it would cost too much.
This isn't a conversation about efficiency, it's about public policy coupled with the USG's, as an employer, HR strategy.
Also you aren't looking at the aggregate, i.e. doctors at a third the price, C levels at 1% the price.
Lastly people confuse Federal employees with State and Municipal employees who generally are vastly overpaid. They aren't the same thing. Federal employees get a lot of hate but realistically almost no one ever meets one in practice.
The most overpaid Federal employees are military enlisted but somehow everyone wants to pay them even more and I highly doubt when you put out your vitriol towards Federal employees you mean we should cut Private Smith's pay by 75%. I mean if you want to talk pure USG employee pay efficiency, conscripts are dirt cheap, should bring them back.
Pardon me for believing efficiency is an important part of policy.
It 100% isn't and anybody who has been around public or PRIVATE policy in a formulation role is aware of that. Efficiency is only factored in once "all things are equal" which means after you winnowed down to two highly equally inefficient choices and you have pick one.
Btw I am curious though in your advocacy of conscription given its high efficiency and likewise cutting Private Smith's pay 75% while sleeping in a tent in Iraq, when do you plan to enlist? I am actually giggling over here imagining every John, Jane, and Dick marching into the recruitment station and free market negotiating their pay with SGT Sanchez including vacation benefits, which particular rifle, just how high they individual have to jump when they are ordered to jump.as a group, etc. Does he get overtime if the enemy is still shooting him at 17:01 or can he just go home for the day? Those damn overpaid Federal employees with their Cadillac benefits packages lol.
You have a very narrow view of efficiency if you think slavery qualifies.
You once again avoided the question.
And slaves are extremely efficient in many, though not all, industries, why do you think California just voted overwhelming to keep slavery this past election; the main argument abolishing it would cost too much.