So replace eliminate with reduce... I don't think he truly meant to eliminate all traces of inefficiency...MeMelYup wrote:You cannot eliminate waste no mater how efficient something runs. An electric motor has wasted motion. With people there is individual thoughts. Each person has individual thinking process and with that their minds stray. I would not want to live in a world where all thoughts were pinpointed and individuals worked the same way, it would stagnate.mojo84 wrote:I disagree as I think it can still require deliberate concentrated effort to get a bill passed while eliminating inefficiency. No where did i indicate i want to make it easier to pass a bill. What's the purpose of not being able to debate a bill and vote on it until weeks has passed since it was referred from committee? A week to two is plenty of time for the legislators to get up to speed on the bills that make it to the floor. I believe bad bills would continue to die in committee or be voted down on the floor whether the legislators spend weeks grandstanding, congratulating one another and passing resolutions or not.
If they have too much time in session, then let's shorten the session. If we are relying on inefficiency to protect us from bad bills being passed, we have bigger problems than I realize.
Heaven forbid we eliminate government waste and inefficiency.
I spent 7 years in federal civilian service, and a couple of those years put large amount of time in DC working on improving our agency, crafting new rules and procedures, etc. The level of inefficiency that is built into the very foundation of our government is completely mind-blowing. I always found jokes about the government humorous because they contain a small amount of truth in them. I now find them repulsive because even the jokes that seem to be grossly exaggerated barely scratch the surface of how completely ingrained the waste and inefficiency is into the system.
So I agree. The system is very, very broken and needs some major work, however, all things considered, the Texas legislature seems to work pretty well to accomplish the most important items and not be too overbearing.