tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875001767678246171.post2295703963648351747..comments2024-01-07T22:02:50.324-08:00Comments on Double Journey: The Double Journey Stimulus PlanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875001767678246171.post-35607532486396272792009-02-05T05:01:06.000-08:002009-02-05T05:01:06.000-08:00Why does every plan that comes out of Washington l...Why does every plan that comes out of Washington looks and smells the same? It's simple: self-breeding. I am going to use a classic political slogan to elaborate my point, "More of the same!" Even though most people have only heard of this slogan for presidential candidates, I fear it hits home at levels of the government. Don't get me wrong, the mentality of hiring people who think alike occurs in the private sector too. However, there's more incentive for the private sector to introduce new blood. Why? To stay alive and be competitive. On the flip side, the government cannot go out of business. Their metric of success is status quo, keep everything as is. Why not? Many government positions are for good for life (unless you commit treason or a felony). And for those positions that are for specific terms, again the goal is not so much achievement but lack of failure. So I am not surprised when the housing crisis hit that the government reacted that way it did. They want to go back to the way things were before the crisis, so naturally they went back to their bag of old tricks that have yielded the same results in the past.bluestreaknoreply@blogger.com