Quote Originally Posted by The Dunster View Post
That's an ideological perspective which numerous empirical studies have proven to be false.

The biggest creators or red tape and compliance are the private sector not governments.

Joe Hockey found this out the hard way when he commissioned a report into productivity in Australia using Deloitte [Chris Richardson and friends].

The report was released at the end of October 2014 and anyone wanting to register at http://www2.deloitte.com/au/en/pages...r-own-way.html can have a good laugh at neo-liberal ideology chocking itself to death.



Estimates suggest that reducing this self imposed compliance would add around 1.6% to GDP.

The biggest problem with neo-liberals in general is that they build models based on ideological assumptions rather than facts and then wonder why they tie themselves in knots.
Ha ha, keep believing that.
Or you could own your own business and see first hand some of the ridiculous shit you need to go through.

What governments (of all persuasions) lack sometimes is some common sense because they tend to be full of people with lots of experience reading studies and not many with any practical experience in the field.

As for red tape, we live in litigious society. When law makers (governments) allow us to waltz through life with zero personal accountability then it's a constant battle for everyone to cover their own asses every step of the way.

So yeah, in a big way governments contribute to the mess.