[norwaypinesavage]

After the 1990 census, the census bureau bragged that it was going to develop a mapping system that would map every single road, street, and house in the US. They spent $4 billion trying and failed.

Meanwhile, several private companies not only achieved the mapping system, they now sell them to you on CD's for pennies. Such is the capability of the government, whether it is drawing maps, or providing medical care.

Now they can't even list the names of our citizens, something the credit reporting companies have been doing for decades. Lesson learned: don't trust the government to do anything.

[Smokin' Joe]

Lesson learned: don't trust the government to do anything.

Because, with a very few exceptions, the people who can do it well, are doing it where they don't have to put up with government bureaucrats.

[upchuck]

Meanwhile, several private companies not only achieved the mapping system, they now sell them to you on CD's for pennies. Such is the capability of the government, whether it is drawing maps, or providing medical care.

If the government really had their shit together (?), seems like they would contract with Google, Mapquest or Delorme. All three have already done what the gvt is trying to do.

Idiots!