[WalterBright]

> Just slashing staff left and right is malpractice

All businesses above a certain size do that, because there's no other practical way.

[nameless912]

Sure there is. _Cut initiatives_, and exit the related staff. Don't cut staff without a corresponding cut to programs.

[WalterBright]

I bet you know who the deadwood are in your organization. Every organization I've worked in had deadwood and everyone knew who they were.

[jrs235]

Government isn't a business.

[WalterBright]

It's a very large organization, much much larger than a business. If business can't cut with a scalpel, it would be even less possible with government.