NIGHT WATCHMANOnce 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 was to do the studies and one was to write the
reports.
Then Congress said, "How are these people going to get
paid?"
So they created two 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 $918,000 over budget, we must cut
back."
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?
Anybody?
Anything?
No?
Didn't
think so!
Bottom line is, we've spent several hundred billion dollars in
support of an agency, the reason
for which very few people who read 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 2012 -- 35 YEARS LATER -- AND THE BUDGET FOR THIS "NECESSARY"
DEPARTMENT IS AT $24.2 BILLION A
YEAR.
IT HAS 16,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
ANDAPPROXIMATELY 100,000 CONTRACT EMPLOYEES; AND LOOK
AT THE JOB IT HAS DONE!
(THIS IS WHERE YOU SLAP YOUR FOREHEAD AND SAY,
"WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?")
34 years ago 30% of our oil consumption was
foreign imports. Today 70% of our oil consumption is foreign imports.
Ah,
yes -- good old Federal bureaucracy.
NOW, WE HAVE TURNED OVER THE BANKING
SYSTEM, HEALTH CARE, AND THE AUTO INDUSTRY TO THE SAME
GOVERNMENT?
Hello!! Anybody Home?
Signed....The Night Watchman
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