[mercy]

Fat chance. Our president is a politician and if there's anyting that a good pol does not do it is to f___ with the beurocracy. They know where the real power lies.

[maxwellp]

Think about this. The only government bureaucracy that seems to do a decent job is Social Security. They get the checks out on time to wherever you want them to go. At least my local office is polite, helpful and friendly. Why? Senior citizens vote and have probably voted all their lives. Before 9/11 I never paid the slightest bit of attention to the INS - well, I did after the Elian fiasco. There are too many federal bureaucracies that operate like the INS and too many Americans don't realize it. INS, DMV, EPA, IRS, DEP, etc., etc. Solution - run them like "for profit" organizations. Get rid of the dead wood, hold employees responsible for job performance and fire them if they don't perform.