About 80% of government employees are semi-literate. They might have some BS (I DON'T MEAN BACHELOR OF SCIENCE) degree in "African" studies. My college friend used to work in a top secret area of the Pentagon. The MPs guarding this area were usually asleep at their post. For sh*ts and giggles my friends would write on an index card "Wake up you lazy n… !", and flash that as their ID and walk in.
People are having sex in the stair wells. Someone is pushing a shopping cart full of liqour around and selling it. 80% of the workers have their heads down on their desks sleeping.
The FCC library used to be located on "K" street, then they moved down it down near NASA headquarters by L'Enfant Plaza. You wouldn't believe how it had been destroyed after the older white people retired. It was decimated. It looked like a library from Uganda or some other third world country.
No one was there when I walked in. There was a sign on the desk that said "If no one is at this desk, please walk into the adjacent room for help." I walked into the adjacent room and an angry black woman tried to rip me a new one for walking into that room. She didn't even realize the sign on her desk.
I don’t think that any normal American could understand the breadth and depth of the dysfunction in Washington, DC........... Understatement of the Year!!!!!!!
Seeing it firsthand, as long as Congress and the agency bureaucrats allow big conglomerates, hedge funds, equity funds to snatch up businesses and win contracts, while at the same time greasing all the palms they need to grease in DC, this will never change.
But, if you’re the guy that started something from the ground up and an equity fund comes to you and makes you an offer, it’s hard not to take it. One, because they’re going to offer you something outlandish, to get you out of the way. Two, they’ll use their influence with Congress and the agency bureaucrats to make your life miserable and/or run you out of town, forcing you into a fire sale.
I’ve seen it happen, firsthand. One of the biggest issues with this is, there’s no more accountability. When one of these firms takes over a company and a contract, while at the same time they’re messing up, they’re dumping money into a campaign.
It’s just Wall St gimmicks to fill certain pockets and screw the competition and taxpayer. I could go on for a while.