Friday, August 15, 2008

Breaking the government habit.

The municipal administrator scam continues. Now it is Wind Point. Has government really become so complicated that administrators must be hired at exorbitant salaries? And the way they are picked is a bit shady. They seem to be the highest paid bureaucrat in that government and chosen along political favoritism lines. And the rationale is to make the government entity more efficient.

Why, then, does it seem the government grows even larger under the administrators? Racine certainly has not been able to lower taxes since going with an administrator. In fact, government spending has grown dramatically.

Mt. Pleasant hasn't had much of a chance to test their administrator, but taxes certainly have not been reduced during their several years of using an administrator.

Wind Point has a slim to no chance of achieving fiscal success using an administrator.

If you can't control spending without and administrator, you won't be able to do it with one.

Governments are run by politics. They cater to special interests rather than taxpayers who fund them. Administrators are just expensive bureaucrats. They dance to the tune of the politicians who hire them. Don't expect much from administrators.

The only real "out" is to get rid of bureaucrats, including administrators, shrink government, and take care of yourself.

Government will never be able to spend your money as well as you can.