On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:30:16 -0400, Jim Charter wrote:

> One fear is that with
> anything 'government-run' the government must be especially
> non-descriminatory in the hiring and manangement of its workforce.

This is not a bad thing, so long as it is *truly* non-discriminatory.  
Unfortunately, most "non-discriminatory" policies are inherently 
discriminatory themselves because they don't say "hire on the merits" but 
get implemented as a quota system.

Having worked for a company that implemented this (years ago) and having 
seen the particular storefront I worked in suffer because the minorities 
who applied were completely unqualified for the positions, so positions 
like "assistant manager" didn't get filled and the manager (a good friend 
of mine to this day) had to make do with a staff of high school students 
who couldn't work during the day....I can understand this concern.

Jim

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