RE: Cost benefit analysis

2003-02-14 Thread Driessnack, John
illuminate, rational policy formulation. Is there a practical way for policy makers to assess the reliability and objectivity of CBA? Walt Warnick -Original Message- From: Driessnack, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 9:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: Cost benefit analysis

2003-02-13 Thread Driessnack, John
In defense you can say that almost all of the weapons related spending (Procurement and RDTE budget almost half of the budget when you consider the spare purchases) is accomplished having gone through some CBA in the process of deciding the approach to develop, procure, and then maintain

RE: cost of subsidizing a prodigal son

2002-12-10 Thread Driessnack, John
.obviously counterproductive? Why? You see NO benefits at all from these expenditures, is not one the fall of the Soviet Union? We countered each effort of the Soviet Union to expand in the cold war. So funds spent back as far as 1973 helped in that effort. Is fall of USSR a benefit that

RE: children and cooperation

2002-07-12 Thread Driessnack, John
From my experience with 6 children in my house (one adopted at 8 years old, two nieces than came in as teenagers) and having done foster care with my wife who is a clinical social worker...your number 3 and 5 are on the right track but I would highlight on the indirect consequences for

RE: general motors

2002-03-31 Thread Driessnack, John
The seperate of labor can go to far in engineeringwhat the industry has is too many different projects and specilization into only parts of a total system can lead to optimization of those parts but not the whole. Having the engineer work on what seems to be less projects with less