Comments on: Limit the cabinet size, for Israel’s sake http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/limit-the-cabinet-size-for-israel/ The Marketplace of Ideas Sat, 25 May 2013 21:19:56 +0300 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Tamas Somogyi http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/limit-the-cabinet-size-for-israel/#comment-91998 Tamas Somogyi Thu, 31 Jan 2013 06:51:48 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=98888#comment-91998 Now, if only the number of members of the Knesset would also be reduced from 120 to, say, 60, that would really be an improvement!

]]> By: Asher Zeiger http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/limit-the-cabinet-size-for-israel/#comment-91560 Asher Zeiger Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:32:40 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=98888#comment-91560 Nicely done, Aaron.

]]> By: Arieh Kovler http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/limit-the-cabinet-size-for-israel/#comment-91096 Arieh Kovler Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:19:52 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=98888#comment-91096 "In Germany there are 14 ministers, Italy has 18 and France 20."

Not really. Firstly, these numbers only include Cabinet-level positions. The French Government for example, has 37 ministers and a similar number of deputy ministers. The current Italian Government is an anomoly because it's an emergency technocratic government, but the last Berlusconi Government had 24 Cabinet ministers, 4 deputy ministers and 39 undersecretaries – 67 ministers all in all.

Secondly, all these countries are federal to some degree – in Germany, for example, the state governments do lots of the work and these have their own ministers and cabinets.

]]> By: Gedalyah Chaim Reback http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/limit-the-cabinet-size-for-israel/#comment-90938 Gedalyah Chaim Reback Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:06:39 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=98888#comment-90938 This pretty much nails it. Israeli politics reflects the inefficient way people do things in the country: with the number of redundant employees, ministries, inefficient traffic structure in Jerusalem, whatever. No more "Strategic Affairs" ministry or "Minister without Portfolio."

]]> By: Gedalyah Chaim Reback http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/limit-the-cabinet-size-for-israel/#comment-90940 Gedalyah Chaim Reback Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:06:39 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=98888#comment-90940 This pretty much nails it. Israeli politics reflects the inefficient way people do things in the country: with the number of redundant employees, ministries, inefficient traffic structure in Jerusalem, whatever. No more "Strategic Affairs" ministry or "Minister without Portfolio."

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