Reduce spending idea

[buckman]

I see alot of wealthy public employees and a sudden drop in service provided. Maybe just offer it to the managers.....kinda like the private sector does.

[FishermanTim]

Yeah, so if the Dept of Health decides to skip next years order of flu vaccines and eliminates all prenatal care for welfare baby-factories, they can pocket some nice "bonus" money.
I thought "skimming" from the till was considered a no-no?

It's a logical idea of rewarding a success, but we're dealing with GOVERNMENT employees, and "logical" would never enter into the equation for them.
Maybe kind of reverse the idea.
Instead of a bonus from the remainder of a budget not spent, how about penalizing them for recentile incriments above a certain level.
Say if they spend only 50% of the budget LEGALLY, not just cutting blindly, then they don't lose anything.
If they spend 60% they lose 5% of next years budget, or 1% of their
salary.
If they spend 70%, they lose 10% of the budget or 2% of their salary, and so on and so on.....!

Since positive incentives in government workplaces is like giving a trophy to the guy that made the trophy.
Maybe negative incentives would be more effective, like sticking the dogs nose in his indoor accident.

[zimmy]

Originally Posted by FishermanTim

Maybe negative incentives would be more effective, like sticking the dogs nose in his indoor accident.

Clearly shows you have no idea what you are talking about, given there is overwhelming data that shows this not only doesn't work, but it is counterproductive. Great analogy