tangent4ronpaul
05-17-2011, 08:44 AM
Brain Teaser
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 was to do the studies and
one was to write the reports.
Then Congress
said, "How are these people going to get paid?"
So
they created two 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 $918,000 over budget, we must cut back."
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 is, 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
2011 -- 34 YEARS LATER -- AND THE BUDGET FOR
THIS "NECESSARY" DEPARTMENT IS AT $24.2 BILLION
A YEAR. IT HAS 16,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND
APPROXIMATELY 100,000 CONTRACT EMPLOYEES; AND
LOOK AT THE JOB IT HAS DONE!
(THIS
IS WHERE YOU SLAP YOUR FOREHEAD AND SAY,
"WHAT
WERE THEY THINKING?")
33
years ago 30% of our oil consumption was foreign
imports. Today 70% of our oil consumption
is foreign imports.
Ah,
yes -- good old Federal bureaucracy.
NOW,
WE HAVE TURNED OVER THE BANKING SYSTEM,
HEALTH CARE, AND THE AUTO INDUSTRY TO THE
SAME GOVERNMENT?
Hello!!
Anybody Home?
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 was to do the studies and
one was to write the reports.
Then Congress
said, "How are these people going to get paid?"
So
they created two 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 $918,000 over budget, we must cut back."
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 is, 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
2011 -- 34 YEARS LATER -- AND THE BUDGET FOR
THIS "NECESSARY" DEPARTMENT IS AT $24.2 BILLION
A YEAR. IT HAS 16,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND
APPROXIMATELY 100,000 CONTRACT EMPLOYEES; AND
LOOK AT THE JOB IT HAS DONE!
(THIS
IS WHERE YOU SLAP YOUR FOREHEAD AND SAY,
"WHAT
WERE THEY THINKING?")
33
years ago 30% of our oil consumption was foreign
imports. Today 70% of our oil consumption
is foreign imports.
Ah,
yes -- good old Federal bureaucracy.
NOW,
WE HAVE TURNED OVER THE BANKING SYSTEM,
HEALTH CARE, AND THE AUTO INDUSTRY TO THE
SAME GOVERNMENT?
Hello!!
Anybody Home?