Pros And Cons Of Military Lobbying

Beginning with Rainey’s first position, that contractors become another interest group who lobby for policies favorable to their industry is quite correct. Contractors, specifically for-profits are interesting in making a profit, while as remaining accountable to their shareholders. As a result, they will do what is needed to ensure a profit is made, and lobbying is a way for these entities to assist in their bottom line. An example of a contractor lobbying can be seen with Community Education in New Jersey. Where John Clancy, Community Education found and chief executive hired a law firm, Dughi Hewit & Palatucci, to lobby in Trenton. Both Chris Christie – now governor of New Jersey, and Palatucci were also huge contributors of George W.
First, I agree that privatization can be seen as a cure for bad government, though the term bad may not be the finest adjective, I would instead use inefficient or ineffective. According to lecture one, government failure is a primary rationale for municipalities to contract out, not because it’s a bad government, but because they were ineffective or inefficient from multiples reasons (Smith, Lecture 1, 2016). Furthermore, the rationales for contracting out say nothing about bad government, the rationales for contracting deal with efficiency and effectiveness such as: cost savings, need for skilled staff, quality improvement, flexibility and political support (Smith, Practical Rationales for Contracting Out, 2016). Additionally, according to DeHoog, the advocates of contracting out argue that the privatization of services will enable to government to save money through the removal of waste through true cost, economies of scale, reduction of high personal cost and greater flexibility. These rationales are similar to rationales given in lecture eight and deal not with bad governance, but with ineffective or inefficient results (DeHoog,