State Agency Funding

What a joy to read that due to the projected state budget deficit, most state agency funding will be reduced by 15% or more (“State Deficit May Reach $14 Billion, Davis Says,” Oct. 25). Most government agencies and programs are riddled with waste. As anyone who interacts regularly with these agencies knows, often the employees of these agencies are arrogant, unresponsive and apathetic.

Larger government has time and time again demonstrated that its agencies and its employees must “justify their existence,” which means making things as difficult, time-consuming and complicated as possible for the average user of the government services. Perhaps a few more budget deficits are in order to rectify this problem.

David Whitehead

Los Angeles