Public And Non-Profit

Charles Goodsell

• Sees gov as good

• Problems of gov are exaggerated, and negative is highlighted

Benefits of Bureaucracy

• Specialization

  • Units of things they are good at

  • Agency staff members have higher levels of expertise than congressmen

  • Agencies are more flexible and efficient than legislatures

    • Congress can get gridlocked unlike them

  • Bureaucracy solves problems for legislators

    • Leg can pass on their problems

    • Leg can blame them if not solved and take over to fix it

Differences between Profit and Non-Profit

• Nonprofit

  • May not distribute income to those in control

  • Charitable organizations are formed to benefit the public and not private individuals

  • Income goes back into the nonprofit

  • Serve and not profit is the objective

• Public

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