Bush Aims to Expand System of Merit Pay

[Deja Q]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/18/AR2005071801476_pf.html

"The federal government, as a rule, is pretty bad about managing people," Johnson said yesterday in a meeting with Washington Post reporters and editors. "We tend to treat people and manage our people as if they are bureaucrats. 'They are all the same, let's treat them all the same.' The goal is to treat them, and to think of them, as professional public servants, not as bureaucrats. . . . Until we can tie some small portion of pay to it, it will never happen."

Well, since * is merit-less, will he reduce his pay to $0?

[Squeech]

1. No, I think this is how it works

The Civil Service System was put in place to forestall certain types of corruption-- mainly cronyism, although keeping government agencies from being overly politicized was also a consideration. But, since corruption is the very hallmark of the Chimpministration, and since the Chiseler-In-Chief defines "merit" as "agreeing with me and Karl without reservation," he means to undermine Civil Service to give himself another tool with which to reward his lackeys and punish anyone who still believes in good government.