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(10-27-2010, 09:55 AM)NefCanuck Wrote:

(10-27-2010, 09:45 AM)NOS2Go4Me Wrote: Mo - when you guys actually see what has to be done to accomplish Ford's so called $2.6/$2.8B cut from the city's $11B budget... let me know when you wake up after hittng your head whilst fainting.

I think you truly do underestimate the waste that permeates Toronto City Hall, not to mention the culture of "I'm entitled to my entitlements"

Hell, this morning I'm listening to radio getting ready to go to the doctor and a caller complains about Ford wanting to trim Toronto councilors expense budgets by any amount because "it doesn't really make a difference in the overall size of the budget"

Uh wrong answer and THAT'S why Ford got elected, people were sick and tired of the culture of "gimmie, gimmie" at Toronto City Hall.

NefCanuck

Exactly! as you said ppl are just tired of that money going to waste and not seeing any results!

My company saved 10% in the first year when we took over gov services back in 1999. That was buy just going thru the books without any cuts!

These days the private sector norm is 1.5%-3% profit + cost in operations budget. You will be amazed to see what that means in regards to savings. We took over buildings from Fed that had been ignored for 20 years but had huge budgets! these builgins were empty!!! But still being charged an operations budget! How the hell do you explain that????

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There is also this mentallity that is called "if you dont use it, you will loose it!" well how the hel are you supposed to save with that mind? Gov can never save or reduce cost bc every year the operating budget keeps going up and up. They should be rewarded for saving money, but in turn the way its set-up they loose it. This system needs to be changed, maybe when Ford opens the flood gates ppl can see the waste and hopefully it can be stopped.