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Old and In the Way

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3. Look at businesses that incentivize performance.

Reply to Kadie (Original post)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 01:37 PM

Jun 2012

I have no doubts that managing the numbers (aka cooking the books) becomes the top priority for maximizing compensation. Obviously harder to do that in the public sector, but when you want to run government like a business, you start re-engineering the organizational structure to make it work for you.

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Romney Touts Presidential Salary Plan That Was Literally A Saturday Night Live Skit [View all] Kadie Jun 2012 OP

Heh. .MORE fail from the Rmoney team. . . . n/t annabanana Jun 2012 #1

It seems like every week it is something new. Kadie Jun 2012 #7

The president should be paid NOTHING. Indydem Jun 2012 #2

Look at businesses that incentivize performance. Old and In the Way Jun 2012 #3

These ideologues are in the wrong business. Instead of fucking America they should be writing comedy Gregorian Jun 2012 #4

I'd go along with that provided it worked both ways tularetom Jun 2012 #5

Well, at least he didn't rip his platform off from SimCity KamaAina Jun 2012 #6

He just wants a gigantic corporation to play with Voice for Peace Jun 2012 #8

For a man whose networth is over $200mill, I think a $400k/yr is like me quitting my current job... LynneSin Jun 2012 #9

His plan works so well in the private sector. CEOs only get bonuses if their companies thrive tclambert Jun 2012 #10

And THIS is why the polls say it's a deadheat ? jaysunb Jun 2012 #11