[bwd2]

I can't answer for the author of the parent, but for my part I combine my own personal experiences dealing directly with employees of government agencies with the stories I hear from a friend of mine who works for a consulting firm and often deals with government employees, including a very long assignment working for FEMA as part of the Hurricane Katrina cleanup. A particularly interesting data point for me was the experience of registering a car at the Connecticut DMV vs. registering in Pennsylvania where the process is privatized.

Has anyone ever seen any scientific evidence comparing productivity of private sector vs. public sector employees?

[californiaguy]

> registering a car at the Connecticut DMV vs. registering in Pennsylvania where the process is privatized.

Protip: Privated AAA does everything the DMV does.