Originally Posted by
Dave Cutter
No. I don't think either greedy or selfish are words that would describe your feelings. And... beside that.. I don't think you understand government spending and budgets.
Management positions are typically rated in difficulty and importance by budgets. Managing a department, division, unit,.... whatever... with a large budget means considerably more than a low-budget management position. The manager (despite the meaning of the word) of a multi-million dollar annual budget will almost always make more than the manager of a small budget.
On-going long-term construction projects... like miles of sidewalks, shelters, restrooms, artificial lakes and so-forth can add real value (and greatly increased salaries) for the government employee manager/budget controller. All parks continue to grow (although not always or at all times). More paved areas will continue to cover all parks everywhere (although not always or at all times).
Yes, this is a pertinent point. It is frustrating how much policy is produced in the interest of creating jobs and driving up pay by driving up expenses unnecessarily. There is little thought about how spending and doing more and more elaborate projects ruins the resources targeted for (re)development. It's a twisted irony to use words like 'conservation' and 'restoration' to justify destroying natural and historical land fixtures and replacing them with new construction in various forms.
Some construction projects are vital and beneficial but less is typically more and people who don't understand that just waste and destroy things to do more in order to make more money for themselves and the economy.