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.
Quietly, we go like sheep to the slaughter.
Does anybody remember
the reason given for the establishment of the DEPARTMENT
OF ENERGY during the
Carter Administration?
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! At
the time, everybody thought it very
appropriate.
The Department of Energy was instituted on 08-04-1977.
TO LESSEN OUR
DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL.
AND, NOW, ITS 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!
Ah, yes -- good ole bureaucracy.
And we are turning the banking system, the insurance
industry, the auto
industry, and now
HEALTH CARE over to the same Government?
