The Night Watchman

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.

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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.

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So they laid-off the night watchman.

And this is why government run programs are so pitiful.

nochain wrote: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.

And this is why government run programs are so pitiful.

Very nice....turn over tasks to the government and we go BROKE!...A limited...defined roll is needed for the government...

End the FED....eral government, restore power to the states. Those people up in Washington have only one thing on their mind, power. They created the continuity of government masterpiece of self-serving violence against the people to insure it. It goes against all our constitution was created to protect us from. Our Federal Government is replete with psychopaths.