Government Unions and Dysfunctional Government

< p > Why is government so often dysfunctional? Why is it, in contrast to the voluntary sector of society, so often slow, inefficient, wasteful, and counterproductive? Peter Schuck explored the question at length recently in his book < a href="http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/regulation/2014/7/regulation-v37n2-11_1.pdf" > < em > Why Government Fails So Often < /em > < /a > . Chris Edwards offers a shorter and more libertarian analysis in a recent < a href="http://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/why-federal-government-fails" > Cato policy study < /a > . But maybe these two new stories from the past few days shed some light on the question, first from Washington, D.C.: < /p > < blockquote > < p > < span style="line-height: 1.3em;" > < a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/union-sues-to-have-metro-mechanic-fired-after-lenfant-plaza-smoke-incident-rehired/2016/07/21/0d337920-4f67-11e6-a422-83ab49ed5e6a_story.html" > Metro officials fired a senior mechanic < /a > just weeks after the L ’Enfant Plaza smoke incident last year, alleging that he failed to properly inspect a tunnel fan, falsified an inspection report, and later lied about it to investigators. < /span > < /p > < p > But now, the largest union representing Metro workers is fighting the transit agency to have the mechanic reinstated. < /p > < p > Seyoum Haile, a 13-year Metro veteran, was terminated one month after the January 2015 incident that resulted in ...

Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 25, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs