Auntie Charo's Soapbox

Here's what he said in a comment to a post which I think needed it's own post because it made sense. Government employees aren't profit oriented....that's why they work for the government....or run for an elected office(albeit some turn out to be very rich when they get out-by being verrrrry creative) Dante says:"If only we had an attorney general, public auditor and elected officials that would truely serve and protect the public interest! Yeah, there are questionable contracts and deals at GMHA, GVB and so on ... it appears to point back to the people with profit motives. We cling to the myth that private sector managers can run the public sector better. Sounds logical and it makes us wonder why has it not worked? Rarely are private sector managers effective in the public sector ... because their interests in heart is not the public's welfare, but in private gains. You cannot seve two masters...a totally different enviroment and you need a different specialized training and education. Elected officals aim at instant gratifications to win the elections and supporters ride the coats to try to make money at the expense of the taxpayers. We have a good structure that have checks and balances to protect the public interest... it can work only if we find the right people that would do the work towards those ends."
Dante says........"We have a good structure that has checks and balances" In a perfect world......because and he ends, "It can only work if we find the right people that would do the work towards those ends." It would take a saint with no ego to run a government with the welfare of the people in mind.....next time our elected officials appear on t.v.....wonder why they're so tanned.......and wonder which golf course they got the tan from.......but hey, even they need a break from the looney bin from time to time!
It's truly sad that we busted the ICE ring....we should have figured a way to legalize the sale of ICE and other drugs and sell the stuff at Duty Free, gads, can you imagine GUAM GOLD? Seal and all? We could sell small packets on the plane before they land and just in case they forgot to buy a supply for a few tokes on the way out, could sell a small pack for that short jaunt home....wouldn't that help balance the budget for the next couple of years?Heck, we could raises 'til the cows came home!....from where I sit, that's the only alternative other than the Feds taking over the management of the island..........it's obvious we don't know where what we're doing and we're proving it on a daily basis!
Dante........the government needs your brain cells........figure out a way to save at least one agency......make a difference. I'll help you in anyway I can.