A problem facing many states today is how to shed redundant bureaucratic personnel without overly (or overtly) consolidating the functions of public organizations. In principle, thousands of personnel can be taken off the state payroll without harming the bureaucracy’s effectiveness; its efficiency would surely benefit. But you can’t replace one problem, over-expansion, with another, unemployment! The solution might not be to immediately cut these jobs, but to control the bureaucracy’s expansion over the medium to long term.
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