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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?

HELLOOO!

Anybody Home?

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