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Article: MIDWESTERNERS WANT BETTER STATE GOVERNMENT; PRIVATIZATION, EFFICIENCY AND BETTER PRIORITIES CITED IN KPMG STUDY
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- July 29, 1996
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CHICAGO, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Say the word "streamlining" to workers in the industrial heart of the U.S. and they're likely to find it an unwelcome and threatening euphemism for layoffs. But pose the idea of streamlining state government to Midwest citizens, and it resonates emphatically, according to the findings of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP's recently released ``Better American Government" study. Almost 60 percent of Midwest respondents believe that state government is too big and bureaucratic, and many want to see a legitimate reform effort.
KPMG's Scott Showalter, Midwest partner-in-charge of the firm's government practice, explains that "Midwesterners are ...