susie. Really? You link dkos? Are you TRYING to get rid of me? Don’t answer.
I wonder, which morons are we ruled by.
And no. I did not read that crap.
Ah Hunter, one of the few writers I’d bother to click over to the great orange website to read.
Dear Hunter and commentariat, this government sequestration looks very familiar to those who know project management. It’s just like one of the latest fads, Lean. In business, Lean management essentially means that you cut the budget, resources, etc of a department or program you’ve targetted, usually by 50% or so. (layoffs ensue, hard assets get sold, software applications shut down, branch offices closed, etc.) Then, you executives sit back and wait to see what fails. Of the massive crap which has failed, you examine how bad is the screaming and pain which results and determine whether you care about it or not. Does the pain affect your company’s bottom line, are your customers pissed off? If not, ignore it (if it’s just the employees whining, definitely ignore it). If so, very slowly refund the tiniest bits you can to get the screaming to stop. This is your new ‘streamlined’ budget. This is precisely what the government is doing with sequestration. And if it ‘works’ this time, they will do it again.
I don’t imagine for a minute that when this was proposed and accepted as a solution by Obama and congress, that they didn’t know exactly what they were doing. I’ve never expected that they would change anything at all before it hit. Not sure why anyone thinks it will change now.
susie. Really? You link dkos? Are you TRYING to get rid of me? Don’t answer.
I wonder, which morons are we ruled by.
And no. I did not read that crap.
Ah Hunter, one of the few writers I’d bother to click over to the great orange website to read.
Dear Hunter and commentariat, this government sequestration looks very familiar to those who know project management. It’s just like one of the latest fads, Lean. In business, Lean management essentially means that you cut the budget, resources, etc of a department or program you’ve targetted, usually by 50% or so. (layoffs ensue, hard assets get sold, software applications shut down, branch offices closed, etc.) Then, you executives sit back and wait to see what fails. Of the massive crap which has failed, you examine how bad is the screaming and pain which results and determine whether you care about it or not. Does the pain affect your company’s bottom line, are your customers pissed off? If not, ignore it (if it’s just the employees whining, definitely ignore it). If so, very slowly refund the tiniest bits you can to get the screaming to stop. This is your new ‘streamlined’ budget. This is precisely what the government is doing with sequestration. And if it ‘works’ this time, they will do it again.
I don’t imagine for a minute that when this was proposed and accepted as a solution by Obama and congress, that they didn’t know exactly what they were doing. I’ve never expected that they would change anything at all before it hit. Not sure why anyone thinks it will change now.
This is awesome — spread the word!
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-08/boehner-accidentally-explains-why-his-deficit-position-is-phony.html