How Gubmint Works

[Dementia_Madness]

http://www.daveweinbaum.com/gubmint.html

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?

[NCVol]

Someone who knows Oak Ridge better than I do can correct me, but isn't the nuclear facility that supports our military nukes under DOE?  My guess is that is the bulk of that 24 billion, which they hide in the DOE budget instead of the Pentagon...