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Re:How H-E-B planned for the pandemic by joe_the_user on Thursday March 26, 2020 @06:50PM (#22698811)
I don't think the GP is enraged that there are competent private sector actors. I'd guess they're enraged that this competence can't be transferred to the places where it could matter 10x or 100x more. I feel kind of similarly.

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.

Re:How H-E-B planned for the pandemic by smallnamespace on Thursday March 26, 2020 @08:43PM (#22699489)
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.

Re:How H-E-B planned for the pandemic by vikramkr on Friday March 27, 2020 @09:58AM (#22702842)
Dr. Fauci is pretty popular as a choice like that right now