Posted on 01/26/2014 8:31:00 AM PST by Kaslin
1. Is the Pope Catholic?
< 2. Does a bear s**t in the woods?
Not all of them. Just most of them.
This is satire, right ???
Actually, the picture of the worksite ‘managers’ is incorrect. They’re ALL union! The bureaucrats are all back at their offices telesupervising.
simple answer is ...YES
The problem is that government bureaucracies are Jobs Programs. To a large extent, they take unemployable people are give them "jobs" so that they can receive paychecks. Many government acquisitions programs are not about acquiring anything. The schedule doesn't really matter. The cost doesn't really matter. The requirements don't really matter. IT'S THE FUNDING. Will there be jobs? In the right election districts? Will my district get 2000 jobs? Nothing else matters.
Technically, this is not exactly bribery, but it is corrupt and dishonest.
Kaslin,
Been to 49 states and 35 foreignn countries.
Everywhere I’ve gone I’ve asked the locals what they think of their politicians?
Mexico, Bahamas, S. Korea, Japan etc they ALL say their politicians are crooks.
Except for uniformed military, every person that I know that works in government is not worth their salt. Not one is employable outside of government, NOT ONE.
Civil service in most jurisdictions is an extended family, lifetime employment program.
Did you know that if you score too high on a civil service test for the Police, you won’t be hired? They want drones, not thinkers.
Uniformed military is different is so many ways that they should never be considered in the same light. Honor our uniformed military. They preserve the freedom you enjoy.
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Even the most skilled, most honest, hardest-working government civilian employee is probably doing a job that increases hassles and costs and reduces freedom, in an agency that shouldn’t exist.
Hell yes it’s why D.C. is the good old boy club honest people get pushed out asap.
Only because crooked politicians don't want honest people working for them. Honest bureaucrats would rat them out or stop their schemes.
If the truth be known they have all committed a felony somewhere down the line to get where they are.
Dishonesty is a huge problem at all levels of bureaucracy. Most of these people realize either going in, or soon after, that bureaucracies mostly exist so that bureaucrats can help themselves to other peoples’ money.
Corruption is a problem. The lower level bureaucrats don’t actively engage in it, but they’re more than happy to turn a blind eye to what their higher-ups are doing to keep the gravy train rolling for all of them.
I submit that the DoD Weapons Research and Development Labs exist for a good purpose.
Within them are honest, hard-working, and world-class scientists and engineers, who could work elsewhere (for more pay), but do not, because of a sense of duty to country.
And there are also slugs and do-nothings as described above.
They do. However, the question could be raised as to whether this is something that needs to be done by government employees as opposed to non-government employees.
There are plenty of skilled people in government employment, plenty of decent people. However, just for example, if you're a really good, hardworking systems administrator (accountant, janitor) for the Department of Education, you're still part of the problem, because the Department of Education shouldn't exist, period.
3. Does Elmer Fudd have trouble with the letter R?
Non-govt is the defense contractors. Not a good situation at present. Maybe could be better if congressional district favoritism could be controlled. Labs act as check and balance to contractors, as competitors even.
Dept of Ed is not in Constitution (agree). Defense of country is.
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