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Curator's note: This is a variation on this RW FWD: of June 10.







>>> > Gubmint
>>> >
>>> > How Gubmint
>>> > 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?
>>> >
>>> > 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?
>>> >
>>> >