proteus1 Loc: NEVADA

The following e-mail was sent to me on 08-17-2010 and was copied and pasted directly to this forum, so please excuse all of the caps.


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 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 cutback." 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 2014 -- A BUNCH OF 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?")

(The numbers may not fit, but if it bothers you do the math, it will still be just as bad)


33 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?

NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER!

Take out the Trash!!








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Danilo Loc: Las Vegas

The most inefficient (but effective) way to destroy something (anything) is to put the government in charge of it.
I've seen this story before, proteus1, but retelling only makes it better! :thumbup: :thumbup:

Classic7

Amazingly sad but true. Where will the madness stop! Thanks for sharing Proteus1.