Too balance this perspective, let's remember that not all public workers are bad people.
Many of them are also underfunded and understaffed, and don't have the lawyers and means of a rich corporation. The GP's "hoodwinked" was apropos.
Many of them are also underfunded and understaffed, and don't have the lawyers and means of a rich corporation. The GP's "hoodwinked" was apropos.
How about small towns entering into agreements with big box stores where they are simply unmatched and "hoodwinked" into accepting arrangements that aren't favorable. [0] Presumably, towns could make better contacts with better legal resources.
Do you have a better solution to this problem or should we just let the corps run our lives?
[0]: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/11/3/big-box-stores...
[0] https://m.youtube.com/@PracticalEngineeringChannel/videos
Note, however, that the state, in this story, that has underfunding problems and cannot figure out how to adequately supervise the civil engineering contracts is not California, it's Texas. Y'know, for all those who like to take sides on California vs Texas.
"This perspective" said nothing about "public" workers being bad and only referred to the implications of the incentives they have at scale.