Re:How H-E-B planned for the pandemic
by smallnamespace on Thursday March 26, 2020 @08:43PM
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The public sector also has a fixed pay scale for seniority that tops out around 160k a year salary.
We could pay government employees more, but then voters would complain.
An obvious example is that the president could have picked a highly competent, non-partisan manager as the head of his coronavirus team. Regardless of his competence, Vice President Pence is clearly a polarizing figure without a track record of dealing with crises of this scale.
This crisis could really benefit from a highly competent manager who could bust heads and sweep away bureaucratic hurdles. But that person would need to be someone honestly trusted by all stakeholders. We're seeing lots of actors maneuvering to gain ideological advantage even in the midst of these terrible events (shame on them). I don't even know if such a person exists any more but their non-existence would mean the US is in for serious trouble.