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.)
