> the person judging the work quality, and the person "punishing" are different entities.
>> all the documentation and endless rules, comes from the public reacting very negatively to any reports of waste, perceived misspending
this is exactly what i mean by having different entities judging the quality of the work, and the one doing the punishing.
If it was the same person, bad quality work gets judged, then immediately punished. The reason why rules/documentation/red-tape exists _is_ because the judging and punishing is delegated away.
>> all the documentation and endless rules, comes from the public reacting very negatively to any reports of waste, perceived misspending
this is exactly what i mean by having different entities judging the quality of the work, and the one doing the punishing.
If it was the same person, bad quality work gets judged, then immediately punished. The reason why rules/documentation/red-tape exists _is_ because the judging and punishing is delegated away.