| How
Government Works
Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard
in the middle of the desert. Congress said, “someone may steal from it
at night.” So they created a night watchman position and hired a person
to do the job.
Then Congress said, “How does the a night 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 to do the studies and one to
write the reports.
Then Congress said, “How are these people going to
get paid?” So they created the following positions, a timekeeper, and a
payroll officer, then they hired two more people.
Then Congress said, “Who will be accountable for
all of these people?” So they hired an Administrative Officer, Assistant
Administrative Officer, and a Legal secretary.
After a year had passed Congress said, “We have had
this command in operation for one year and we are $18,000 over budget, we
must cutback overall cost.”
So they laid off the night watchman. |
