Shouldn't be any surprise that there are a lot of detractors asking for change

<a href=www.vheadline.com>Venezuela´s Electronic News Posted: Monday, May 12, 2003 By: Carmelo Blanco

Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 13:39:42 -0400 From: Carmelo Blanco cblanco@competencebuilders.com To: Editor@VHeadline.com Subject: Re:Response to Ms. Gable

Dear Ms. Gable: Good grief: Your response to Mr. Rivero is an insult to intelligence! You go to extremes to make a point!

Who is going to be against progress? Against abolition of slavery? Against the scientific revolution?

NOBODY! That wasn't Mr. Rivero's point.

I read his letter. I think that his point was more or less that: "change, just for the sake of change" is not that good either. And that the decision makers in our government should act more responsible when making their decisions. "Hello!, we're dealing with human beings here!" So far, their (the government) decisions have brought more harm than good.

In the words of W. Edwards Deming: "It isn't enough that you do your best ... you must know what you are doing!" And that "don't tamper with the system if you don't know what you are doing."

Why? Because you could bring more 'variations' into the system ... resulting in more harm than good ... with a system 'out of control'."

Don't get me wrong, change is good ... I am all for trying "untested" practices as long as it is done responsibly. My complain is that the decision-makers in Venezuela are trying to reinvent the wheel ... they are recycling "old ideas" that have been proven wrong everywhere (central government, for instance).

Change is good as long as it moves you forward! Unfortunately, this is not happening in Venezuela. Go and check all the socio-economic indicators for the last 4 years! I bet you that they look bad, really bad!

Did you forget what happened to the US economy during the Bush 1 administration? He tried for 4 years ... (remember the Democrats slogan "It is the economic stupid" during the presidential campaign?)

Well, people felt that he didn't do a good job and voted him out of the Presidency ... the American people didn't want to wait another 4 years to see if Bush 1 would improve the economy.

My question is: "why would it be any different in a country like Venezuela?

Current government policies and political "changes" haven't worked out so far ... the current administration has been in power for 4 plus years ... there shouldn't be any surprise that there are a lot of detractors asking for "change."

Regards, C. Blanco Cblanco@competencebuilders.com