Republicans Are Pushing Bad Bills Through the Legislature at Warpped Speed

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It's the damn EGO....it'll get you everytime i guess...

No, Republicans hate government so much, they join it to kill it from the inside.

What did Reagan say again?

"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"

Part of their strategy has involved hiring the most inexperienced staffers.
We all remember FEMA director Brownie, who did something with horses before he became FEMA Director.

Saxby Chambliss who used to be a veterinarian before he became a GA Senator did something equally seemingly rediculus:

Chambliss puts Agriculture Committee staffer in top intelligence role
Posted By Josh Rogin  Friday, April 1, 2011 - 4:18 PM   Share
Upon taking over as the ranking Republican on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) brought on a new staff director with no direct experience working on intelligence matters.

Martha Scott Poindexter has served on Capitol Hill for over 10 years. She has worked as the Republican staff director on the Agriculture Committee since 2005, and before that as legislative director in Chambliss's personal office. Previously, according to her LinkedIn profile, Poindexter was the director of government affairs at Monsanto, the agribusiness giant. She studied nutrition at Salem College and holds a Bachelors degree from the Mississippi State University College of Agriculture.

On Capitol Hill, a senior staffer's effectiveness is measured several factors: by their subject matter expertise, by their ability to get things done, and by their close personal relationship with the boss.

Chambliss, in a brief interview with The Cable, defended his selection of Poindexter based on the latter two considerations. He said there was plenty of intelligence expertise on the professional staff and that Poindexter brought management prowess the committee needed.

Rick Scott:

Governor Scott's plan is a simple one carried out in a few easy steps. The was plan was developed and perfected by the late Lee Atwater. It failed on a national level but has now been dusted off and implemented at the state level. Watch for it, because it's being played in Florida right now.

First demonize state employees. We are all aware of the latest call to war on state employees. There has been an endless litany of their abuses, their pensions, and their pay. The administration will pick a few state employees that have gamed the system or have gotten over due to some family or political connection. Those few individuals will be made to represent all state employees. There will be no mention of what the average state employee makes or what they will have as a pension. Just endless stories of the few that have abused the system.

Step two demands that funding to state agencies be cut to level to where they will be unable to be effective. Since you have already paved the road by having people believe that state employees holding these positions are dumb, lazy, and over paid. Now you make them look incompetent by neutering their agency financially but making sure that they have the same responsibilities and duties. If possible consolidate agencies and cut man power at the same time. To ensure his plan's success, inexperienced individuals will be named to head these agencies. You've already seen evidence of this in the recent Miami Herald article criticizing Gov. Scott's selection of individuals to run key state agencies. Many of them in their twenties and had work field offices during the election campaign. Notice how the choices to head these positions coincide with the agencies on the financial chopping block.

Once the Governor has made these state agencies ineffective and incompetent he will began to preach the blessing of the private sector and how much better they can do the job and fix all of the problems caused by state employees. The administration will claim job creation and cost reduction. These private sector corporations will enter with awesome contract deals that will under cut every state employee salary. Thus creating jobs and saving the government money. These contract will remain in place until the agency that they replaced has been completely dismantled. After that the cost over runs begin to appear, along with contract disputes.

The last step for Gov. Scott is to ensure that he is out of office before the short-term gains of privatization turn into long-term problems. This played out well for former Gov. Jeb Bush who privatized the medical and food services within the Florida prison system. All was great while he was in office. However, during the tenure of former Gov. Crist, the Food Service Companies walked away from their contract and medical services were returned to state employees. Jeb Bush is now being courted as a 2012 presidential candidate. Rumor has it that Gov. Scott also has his eye on higher office.



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