Rethinking Those ‘Wasteful’ Claims About Government

Commentary
By John A. Ostenburg

When I hear people at the health care town hall meetings, and in other public gatherings, screaming that they don’t want government to run anything because it’s so darn inefficient, I want to scream myself.

As mayor of a municipality of about 25,000 residents, I am very well acquainted with lots of things that government runs very efficiently – and very cost-effectively too, I might add – and it bothers…