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Common Sense Government: Works Better and Costs Less (original 1995; udgave 2005)

af Al Gore

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The federal government is ailing and needs a cure. The cure lies in embracing a principle long known to the American people but little recognized by Washington--until now: common sense. In this pathbreaking report, Vice President Al Gore, presiding over the National Performance Review, at the request of President Clinton, charts a fundamental shift in how government conducts itself. This report understands that a government that recognizes who its real customers are, works with them to understand their needs, and puts them first, not last, is a government that deserves to govern.… (mere)
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Titel:Common Sense Government: Works Better and Costs Less
Forfattere:Al Gore
Info:University Press of the Pacific (2005), Paperback, 168 pagine
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It seems odd to think that an essay written in 1995 would be pertinent today, especially one written by Al Gore, about a National Performance Review initiated by President Clinton.

But it is. Today, the tea party and much of the GOP hardcore base are under the impression we need to slash and burn the government to make it smaller. They don't care about making effective or efficient government. They just want it gone. They even go onto claim the majority of the population has this view.

Al Gore writes: "As the frustration with the federal government has mounted, some people ... have decided that the way to fix the government is just to eliminate as much of it as possible. That might help bring the budget into line--or it might do no more than shift around a lot of organizational "boxes".

... The main problem with taking an axe to the federal government is that it won't fix what remains. Government would be smaller, but it would still be as inflexible and bureaucratic. Cutting may treat a couple of symptoms, but it won't cure the disease."

More to the point, people don't want the government to disappear. We realize when we lose our jobs, get diagnosed with cancer, suffer a work related injury, or an earthquake opens up beneath our feet, we need someone to be there. In other words, "Polls show Americans are angered less by what government does than by how it goes about its business. We want it better managed. We want it to use common sense."

Government can put up lots of red tape and contain unnecessary regulation. Today, the GOP suggests we should do away with the EPA, cut the Department of Education, and reduce OSHA. They want to amputate, rather than diagnose and treat. The EPA wasn't created because corporations did the right thing - it was created because our rivers caught fire and our air was becoming quickly unbreathable. With the advent of OSHA, "the rate of work related fatalities decreased more than 50 percent." Its scary to think what would happen should OSHA pack its bags. In fact, watching an episode in Mad Men had me pondering disability from the workforce. In this particular moment, a lawn mower near amputates an up and coming manager. When sitting around the hospital, the owners of the ad agency are of course horrified that such a thing had happened and were saddened that his career was over. Finished. Dead.

Instead of amputating, its time to once again assess and "get rid of bad rules and make good ones easier to understand." ( )
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The federal government is ailing and needs a cure. The cure lies in embracing a principle long known to the American people but little recognized by Washington--until now: common sense. In this pathbreaking report, Vice President Al Gore, presiding over the National Performance Review, at the request of President Clinton, charts a fundamental shift in how government conducts itself. This report understands that a government that recognizes who its real customers are, works with them to understand their needs, and puts them first, not last, is a government that deserves to govern.

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