On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:06:57 GMT, Rosalie B.
wrote:
>Neal Eckhardt wrote:
>
>>
>>You are making the government sound like a company that is trying to
>>keep employees busy and not have to lay people off. Unfortunately the
>>government does not care about either of these things.
>>
>The problem with the government dealing with additional applications
>is not with the people doing the work. The problem is that the rules
>are set by people who do not have an responsibility to see that they
>are implemented in an appropriate manner. The office that IS
>responsible can't just go out and hire people on a temporary basis -
>even if they are contract workers. They all have to be security
>checked etc and it isn't a short or fast process. Plus the hiring of
>additional workers has to be authorized and accounted for in the
>budget. Guess who has control of the budget?
I'm not sure what that had to do with my comment. but... OK.
I merely stated that the government has no reason to keep the
employees busy during slow periods like real profit making companies
do.
Neal |