Government Efficiency....Story of the Night Watchman

 

 

 

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?"

 

(This is me....are you following this? )

 

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.  Seriously, you might want to read this again....

 

 

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 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.   (OMG, what did we do?)

 

 

 

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 AND APPROXIMATELY 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

(This is me again....I am begging.....pleeeeze pay attention to what is happening to US....pay attention to and KNOW who you decide to vote for this year.  The freedom and quality of our lives depend on it.)