tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post8880970443392035239..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Privileges And ImmunitiesFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-14301364437058814372016-01-05T18:40:44.081-05:002016-01-05T18:40:44.081-05:00you have clearly put thought into the above mentio...you have clearly put thought into the above mentioned problems. it is cheering my heart to see that someone has done some serious thinking on these matters. i hope you have success in all your endeavors.Avraham https://www.blogger.com/profile/07822433921393627746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-34472385974493066562016-01-05T14:45:08.402-05:002016-01-05T14:45:08.402-05:00The power of Civil Service employees could and sho...The power of Civil Service employees could and should be reduced by a policy that the maximum length of a career* in CS is 10 years**, <b>with no retirement package</b>. Knowing that you'll be back in the private employment realm, living under the regulations you wrote and enforced and forking over the taxes that pay CS employees' salaries, will moderate the enthusiasm for empire-building, new regulations and big benefits packages.<br />Knowing you'll hand off whatever power you accrued during your CS career to someone else will change your attitude toward that power.<br />Departing employees who had learned no useful skills would find themselves in difficulties finding new jobs in the private realm. Such stories would also incline the CS system toward teaching its employees real skills beyond rote memorization of procedures and legal requirements.<br />* There might be careers where longer limits might be more productive, such as Foreign Service.<br />** The number 10 is arbitrary, but I don't think the maximum should be lengthened much, as this would begin to justify retirement packages in at least some people's eyes.daniel_dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18399665251275194585noreply@blogger.com