*LOL* Is this the way government really works?
Government and How it Works
Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert. Congress said, "Someone may steal from it at night." So
they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job.
Then Congress said, "How does the watchman do his job without
instruction?" So they created a planning department and hired two
people, one person to write the instructions, and one person to do
time studies.
Then Congress said, "How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly?" So they created a Quality Control department and hired two people. One to do the studies and one to write the reports.
Then Congress said, "How are these people going to get paid?" So They created the following positions, a time keeper, and a payroll officer, Then hired two people.
Then Congress said, "Who will be accountable for all of these people?" So they created an administrative section and hired three people, an Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary.
Then Congress said, "We have had this command in operation for one
Year and we are $18,000 over budget, we must cutback overall cost."
So they laid off the night watchman.
NOW slowly, let it sink in.
Quietly, we go like sheep to slaughter.
Does anybody remember the reason given for the establishment of
the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.... during the Carter Administration? This was the only good idea that the Carter administration had, and they actually got it through Congress!
Anybody?
Anything?
No?
Didn't think so!
Bottom line. We've spent several hundred billion dollars in support of
an agency...the reason for which not one person who reads this can remember!
Ready??
It was very simple...and at the time, everybody thought it very appropriate.
The Department of Energy was instituted on 8-04-1977.
TO LESSEN OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL.
Hey, pretty efficient, huh???
AND NOW IT'S 2009 -- 32 YEARS LATER -- AND THE BUDGET FOR THIS "NECESSARY" DEPARTMENT IS AT $24.2 BILLION A YEAR. THEY HAVE 16,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND APPROXIMATELY 100,000 CONTRACT EMPLOYEES; AND LOOK AT THE JOB THEY HAVE DONE! THIS IS WHERE YOU SLAP YOUR FOREHEAD AND SAY, "WHAT WAS I THINKING?"
Ah, yes -- good ole bureaucracy.
AND, NOW, WE ARE GOING TO TURN THE BANKING SYSTEM, HEALTH CARE, AND THE AUTO INDUSTRY OVER TO THE SAME GOVERNMENT?
HELLOOO! Anybody Home?
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ABSOLUTELY GENIUS AND PRICELESS...thanks for insight and I will try to stop shaking my head in disbelief sometime today!
This must be why they gave Brazil 2 billion dollars to do our offshore drilling for us....so we can be independent! This must be why Gore is making millions by convincing AMERICA we can't be independent unless we spend BILLIONS on cap and trade to make America GREEN! We could have been independent years ago....if people would stop sticking their nose in every damn thing and stopping it without thinking!
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Thank you for this reminder of the massive graft, inefficiency, and waste that accompanies any government program. Where else can 116,000 employees and $24 billion in spending a year go unnoticed and unchecked?
Maybe we should drop all federal programs except national defense and start over.Most things could be done better on a state level.
the department of energy has more responsibilities than to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. you can not compare its original form with its current cost. you could compare its original form and original cost, or its current form and current cost, or you can even do a growth vs cost comparison. the only way you could possibly be wrong is by giving the exact argument you did. good job.
I agree with you and that's very interesting. But we aren't turning the banking system, health care, and the auto industry over to the government.
Dont you screw me over again
too long; did not read. Thanks for points. That's how government works
Welcome to the new Somalia should the right get its way.