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Why can't the elected officials of this country run the Government like they would a business, only spending what they have and making smart economic decisions? This is neither a Democrat nor Republican issue.

The greatest example of how inefficient the Government is the United States Postal Service. Here's an agency which should be run just like a business, obviously their business is delivering packages. But with an infrastructure in place already setup to deliver envelopes (flat packages) to every door six days a week they still have competitive rivals to pick up and deliver packages. They can't beat them with price, service and/or convenience even though they are already driving to every doorstep in the nation daily. If they were efficient there would never be a need for a UPS or FedEX. They have the tools and infrastructure but lack the direction or insight to make the government some money.

The other is the school system over 50% of the CA state budget goes to funding the K-12 schools, community colleges, and the UC and CSU systems. That's a huge budget to work with, but guess what school districts and teachers just complain that the Governor cut funds. Instead they should be raising all hell that the system they work for is inefficient and they need to reanalyze their budget now!