THE\u00a0 NIGHT WATCHMAN<\/p>\n
Once\u00a0 upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert.<\/p>\n
Congress said, “Someone may steal from it at night.” So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job.
\nThen Congress said, “How does the watchman do his job without instruction?”<\/p>\n
So they created a planning department and hired two people:\u00a0 one person to write the instructions and one person to do time studies.
\nThen Congress said, “How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly?”<\/p>\n
So they created a Quality Control department and hired two people. One was to do the studies and one was to write the reports.<\/p>\n
Then Congress said, “How are these people going to get paid?”<\/p>\n
So they created two positions: a time keeper and a payroll officer then hired two people.<\/p>\n
Then Congress said, “Who will be accountable for all of these people?”<\/p>\n
So they created an administrative section and hired three people:\u00a0 an Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary.<\/p>\n
Then Congress said, “We have had this command in operation for one year and we are $918,000 over budget, we must cut back.”<\/p>\n
So they laid-off the night watchman.<\/p>\n
NOW slowly, let it sink in.
\nQuietly we go like sheep to slaughter. Does anybody remember the reason given for the establishment of the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY during the Carter administration?<\/p>\n
Anybody?
\nAnything?<\/p>\n
No?<\/p>\n
Didn’t think so!<\/p>\n
Bottom line is, we’ve spent several hundred BILLION dollars in support of an agency, the reason for which very few people who read this can remember!<\/p>\n
Ready??<\/p>\n
It was very simple … and at the time, everybody thought it very appropriate.<\/p>\n
The Department of Energy was instituted on 8\/04\/1977 TO LESSEN OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL!<\/p>\n
Hey, pretty efficient, huh?<\/p>\n
AND NOW IT’S 2015 — 38 YEARS LATER — AND THE BUDGET FOR THIS “NECESSARY”\u00a0 DEPARTMENT IS AT $24.2 BILLION A YEAR.\u00a0 IT HAS 16,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND
\nAPPROXIMATELY 100,000 CONTRACT EMPLOYEES; AND LOOK AT THE JOB IT HAS DONE!<\/p>\n
(THIS IS WHERE YOU SLAP YOUR FOREHEAD AND SAY, “WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?”)<\/p>\n
38 years ago 30% of our oil consumption was foreign imports. Today 70% of our oil consumption is foreign imports.<\/p>\n
Ah, yes — good old Federal bureaucracy.\u00a0\u00a0 I REST MY CASE.<\/p>\n
NOW, WE HAVE TURNED OVER THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TO THE SAME GOVERNMENT\u2026.??????<\/p>\n
Hello! Anybody Home?<\/p>\n
Signed\u00a0\u00a0 –\u00a0 The Night Watchman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"