Is there an alternative to the bureaucratic nightmare that is Washington? I was hoping that I could find an answer like government co-operatives or co-ops……I researched and thought about the possibility and this is what I came up with after many days of headaches and coffee……
After many, many hours of thought and research….my answer to the question….NOT a chance! I was hoping that I could find an idea that could have help save a dying system…..dying politically…….
There is a close, but NO cigar when it comes to a government co-op–Syndicalism is a type of economic system proposed as a replacement for capitalism and state socialism which uses federations of collectivized trade unions. For adherents, labor unions are the potential means of both overcoming economic aristocracy and running society fairly in the interest of the majority, through union democracy. Industry in a syndicalist system would be run through co-operative confederations and mutual aid. Local syndicates would communicate with other syndicates through the Bourse du Travail (labor exchange) which would manage and transfer commodities. (thanx to wiki for the definition)
In syndicalism at its core is direct democracy where all levels of government are elected and hence subject to a recall if they are found to be derelict in the duties…..that is from the top down to the lowest entity….it may be distasteful to some, but if you want to have control over your government again…..a bitter pill sort of thing….
I know…but Professor it is a type of socialism…..yes it is….but it is more equatable than some of the systems we have today…..this could lessen the effect that bureaucracy on government…lessen but nothing can eliminate it…it is a beast with little control….
I am sorry but after abusing my brain trying to find an answer to the growing problem of bureaucracy…I have NOT found a suitable way to control or end the reign of terror….the bureaucrats…..
I give myself an “A” for effort but the Cuban eludes me….dammit! Sorry Quin, I just cannot see a way around all the crap of bureaucracy……
In my experience, unions are one of the few groups who are actually worse than corporations (mainly because they love their – usually corrupt – bureaucracy which bolsters their sense of self importance).
The way round bureaucracy? Well, one way would be to accept that it’s not rocket science, but something any averagely educated person with a smidgen of intelligence can do.
Once you accept that, you can then STOP career bureaucrats in their tracks! ANY bureaucracy needs workers and a few managers – not a whole bloody hierarchy! Political bureaucrats should all be employed on fixed term contracts that should automatically end one month after a political election affecting their area.
Bureaucrats should be taught from day one to regard themselves as what they are – public servants, not goddamned legislation enforcers! If they fail to do that (serve the people), they should be dismissed and they should also be expected to INTERPRET the rules in a common sense and sympathetic way (that’s sympathetic to the individual AND to the country).
It won’t solve the problem, but it would make the whole thing more palatable and it would help to discourage “empire building” which should be the ultimate crime for any bureaucrat. Efficiency not personal aggradisement should be their watchword!
I agree about unions…the ones here have NO concern for the worker but rather the amount of money they can skim off the top…normal working people will always get screwed because they have NO power what so ever….and when they do try to exert their minimal influence they are usually slapped down by either the government or their own representation….
Only too true!