*>'In my experience, that's only a part of the problem - good people usually don...

>'In my experience, that's only a part of the problem - good people usually don't stick around for too long (since they don't want to deal with the inertia and other difficulties of this environment).'

In my experience, the worst danger of sticking around in Government is the appearance of being 'part of the problem' when it comes time to move on.