Pete

These layers of process, layers of procedure, all of them introduced with good intentions, but which collectively have made it almost impossible or unaffordable to do anything.

So we need a—yeah, definitely they need to be smarter, and there needs to be less procedure. Still powerful regulations to keep people safe.

So we need a—yeah, definitely they need to be smarter, and there needs to be less procedure. Still powerful regulations to keep people safe.

So we need a—yeah, definitely they need to be smarter, and there needs to be less procedure. Still powerful regulations to keep people safe.

You're such a Doge. If Doge was actually about government efficiency, I'd be all for it. But it's not about that. No. What is it about?

You're such a Doge. If Doge was actually about government efficiency, I'd be all for it. But it's not about that. No. What is it about?

You're such a Doge. If Doge was actually about government efficiency, I'd be all for it. But it's not about that. No. What is it about?

This is insane. I know. Hot take. Truth bomb. It's being dropped on playground. No, but look at it this way. So, and yeah, when I was in government as mayor, when I had my kind of small government that I was running, we took whole departments apart and put them back together. We removed people who weren't performing very well. And by the way, that was hard.

This is insane. I know. Hot take. Truth bomb. It's being dropped on playground. No, but look at it this way. So, and yeah, when I was in government as mayor, when I had my kind of small government that I was running, we took whole departments apart and put them back together. We removed people who weren't performing very well. And by the way, that was hard.

This is insane. I know. Hot take. Truth bomb. It's being dropped on playground. No, but look at it this way. So, and yeah, when I was in government as mayor, when I had my kind of small government that I was running, we took whole departments apart and put them back together. We removed people who weren't performing very well. And by the way, that was hard.

Like one of the reasons I've always had a problem with this president is like he emerged kind of play acting, like firing people for fun. Right. For me, at least as like a young CEO, basically of a city government, other than dealing with violence and death, the worst part of my job was firing people. Like I hated it, especially because like they weren't.

Like one of the reasons I've always had a problem with this president is like he emerged kind of play acting, like firing people for fun. Right. For me, at least as like a young CEO, basically of a city government, other than dealing with violence and death, the worst part of my job was firing people. Like I hated it, especially because like they weren't.

Like one of the reasons I've always had a problem with this president is like he emerged kind of play acting, like firing people for fun. Right. For me, at least as like a young CEO, basically of a city government, other than dealing with violence and death, the worst part of my job was firing people. Like I hated it, especially because like they weren't.

It wasn't necessarily a bad person, but you had a person who was in a role that they didn't fit in and their department wasn't doing as well as I thought it needed to do to serve residents. I would have this very painful conversation where we'd sit down, I'd look them in the eye, and that sucked for most of all for them. But but anyway, we're not afraid to do that because you have to do that.

It wasn't necessarily a bad person, but you had a person who was in a role that they didn't fit in and their department wasn't doing as well as I thought it needed to do to serve residents. I would have this very painful conversation where we'd sit down, I'd look them in the eye, and that sucked for most of all for them. But but anyway, we're not afraid to do that because you have to do that.

It wasn't necessarily a bad person, but you had a person who was in a role that they didn't fit in and their department wasn't doing as well as I thought it needed to do to serve residents. I would have this very painful conversation where we'd sit down, I'd look them in the eye, and that sucked for most of all for them. But but anyway, we're not afraid to do that because you have to do that.

Yeah. But look at what happened when they came in. Right. If if this is actually about government efficiency, then the problem you would be solving, which is a real problem, is that in the federal government, it is too hard to reward your top performers.

Yeah. But look at what happened when they came in. Right. If if this is actually about government efficiency, then the problem you would be solving, which is a real problem, is that in the federal government, it is too hard to reward your top performers.

Yeah. But look at what happened when they came in. Right. If if this is actually about government efficiency, then the problem you would be solving, which is a real problem, is that in the federal government, it is too hard to reward your top performers.

So you could be somebody who could be commanding a multimillion dollar salary in the private sector, working on something wildly important, but there's just no way that you're getting, you know, you're in your particular pay grade, same as everybody else. And to remove your bottom performance.