{"id":13467,"date":"2013-03-01T07:39:31","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T12:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/?p=13467"},"modified":"2013-03-01T07:55:17","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T12:55:17","slug":"efficiency-of-private-enterprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2013\/03\/01\/efficiency-of-private-enterprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Efficiency of Private Enterprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Private enterprise is supposed to be more efficient than government according to some pundits.\u00a0 Can you think of a more efficient way to deliver a package than is the apparent route of this delivery that I am expecting today?<\/p>\n<h3>Travel History<\/h3>\n<div id=\"cnt\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- TABLE FORM OF TRAVEL HISTORY --><\/p>\n<div id=\"travelHistoryTableArea\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- TRAVEL HISTORY TABLE --><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" style=\"margin-top: 5px;\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"dsc\" width=\"65px\">Date\/Time<\/th>\n<th>Activity<\/th>\n<th width=\"20px\"><!-- info icon --><\/th>\n<th width=\"160px\">Location<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody id=\"temp\">\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<td id=\"trvHistSection_0\" class=\"travelHistoryDateHeader\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" colspan=\"4\">\n<div class=\"plusMinusHolder\">&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;3\/01\/2013&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;Friday<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"0\">\n<td class=\"hdr\">3:43 am<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"travelHistoryScanStatus\">On FedEx vehicle for delivery<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"travelHistoryAdditionalInfoIconCell\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"travelHistoryScanLocation\">AUBURN, MA<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"0\">\n<td class=\"hdr\">3:38 am<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"travelHistoryScanStatus\">At local FedEx facility<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"travelHistoryAdditionalInfoIconCell\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"travelHistoryScanLocation\">AUBURN, MA<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<td id=\"trvHistSection_1\" class=\"travelHistoryDateHeader\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" colspan=\"4\">\n<div class=\"plusMinusHolder\">\n<div id=\"trvHistIcon_1\" onclick=\"toggleHistorySection(1);\" class=\"minus\">&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;2\/28\/2013&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thursday<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"1\">\n<td class=\"hdr\">5:44 pm<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"travelHistoryScanStatus\">Departed FedEx location<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"travelHistoryAdditionalInfoIconCell\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"travelHistoryScanLocation\">WILLINGTON, CT<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"1\">\n<td class=\"hdr\">2:15 pm<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"travelHistoryScanStatus\">Arrived at FedEx location<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"travelHistoryAdditionalInfoIconCell\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"travelHistoryScanLocation\">WILLINGTON, CT<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<td id=\"trvHistSection_2\" class=\"travelHistoryDateHeader\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" colspan=\"4\">\n<div class=\"plusMinusHolder\">\n<div id=\"trvHistIcon_2\" onclick=\"toggleHistorySection(2);\" class=\"minus\">&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;2\/27\/2013&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;Wednesday<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"2\">\n<td class=\"hdr\">6:40 am<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"travelHistoryScanStatus\">Departed FedEx location<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"travelHistoryAdditionalInfoIconCell\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"travelHistoryScanLocation\">ORLANDO, FL<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"2\">\n<td class=\"hdr\">6:01 am<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"travelHistoryScanStatus\">Arrived at FedEx location<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"travelHistoryAdditionalInfoIconCell\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"travelHistoryScanLocation\">ORLANDO, FL<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<td id=\"trvHistSection_3\" class=\"travelHistoryDateHeader\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" colspan=\"4\">\n<div class=\"plusMinusHolder\">\n<div id=\"trvHistIcon_3\" onclick=\"toggleHistorySection(3);\" class=\"minus\">&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;2\/26\/2013&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tuesday<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"3\">\n<td class=\"hdr\">10:40 pm<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"travelHistoryScanStatus\">Left FedEx origin facility<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"travelHistoryAdditionalInfoIconCell\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"travelHistoryScanLocation\">SANFORD, FL<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"3\">\n<td class=\"hdr\">6:32 pm<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"travelHistoryScanStatus\">Arrived at FedEx location<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"travelHistoryAdditionalInfoIconCell\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"travelHistoryScanLocation\">SANFORD, FL<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"3\">\n<td class=\"hdr\">4:41 pm<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"travelHistoryScanStatus\">Picked up<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"travelHistoryAdditionalInfoIconCell\"><\/td>\n<td>SANFORD, FL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<pre>\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>This is a map of the last two legs of the trip from point A &#8211; Willington, CT, past my house at Point C to Point B in Auburn, MA, back to my house at Point C.<\/p>\n<pre>\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=d&amp;source=s_d&amp;saddr=Willington,+CT&amp;daddr=Auburn,+MA+to:251+Holland+Rd,+Fiskdale,+Sturbridge,+MA&amp;geocode=FV4efwId82Cx-yl_Y0a3dozmiTG-b-bzeRc3Hg%3BFQzWgwIdMd63-ynvHudevATkiTHElMj9J0IzpQ%3BFdw1ggIdDGiz-yltRLbLuaLmiTH9O1rNtt08Bw&amp;aq=&amp;sll=41.826595,-72.328491&amp;sspn=1.702809,2.191772&amp;hl=en&amp;mra=ls&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=42.03989,-72.052064&amp;spn=0.312099,0.432078&amp;t=m&amp;output=embed\"><\/iframe><br \/><small><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=d&amp;source=embed&amp;saddr=Willington,+CT&amp;daddr=Auburn,+MA+to:251+Holland+Rd,+Fiskdale,+Sturbridge,+MA&amp;geocode=FV4efwId82Cx-yl_Y0a3dozmiTG-b-bzeRc3Hg%3BFQzWgwIdMd63-ynvHudevATkiTHElMj9J0IzpQ%3BFdw1ggIdDGiz-yltRLbLuaLmiTH9O1rNtt08Bw&amp;aq=&amp;sll=41.826595,-72.328491&amp;sspn=1.702809,2.191772&amp;hl=en&amp;mra=ls&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=42.03989,-72.052064&amp;spn=0.312099,0.432078&amp;t=m\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/small>\n    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<pre>\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Yes, I know, it must have something to do with region boundaries and which location is able to make local deliveries within its region that includes my house.<\/p>\n<p>Of course there is the 9 hour trip from Willington to Auburn to consider. I could have used a bicycle to get it to Auburn faster.  That&#8217;s 35 miles which Google says should have taken 39 minutes.  I could have driven to Willington to pick up the package a day earlier and saved two tolls on the Mass Pike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Private enterprise is supposed to be more efficient than government according to some pundits.\u00a0 Can you think of a more efficient way to deliver a package than is the apparent route of this delivery that I am expecting today? Travel History Date\/Time Activity Location &nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;3\/01\/2013&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;Friday 3:43 am On FedEx vehicle for delivery AUBURN, MA 3:38 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13467","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-stevegsposts","7":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13467"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13474,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13467\/revisions\/13474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}