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HeyBub[_2_]

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The main problem Carter had was he didn't have a clue how the
government really works and did not understand the DC culture. He was
basically shut out of most of the internal processes and was not
embraced socially so his people did not know what was really going on.
US Civil service is truly the 4th branch of government and he didn't
understand that. In his zeal to "streamline" the government he closed
departments and started new ones with new "outside the beltway"
people. Unfortunately all those employees in the closed agencies still
had their jobs (USCS people are "fireproof"). Some agency names
changed and a whole lot of people were sitting around with nothing to
do. For the most part it really was nothing but a change of the sign
on the building. That happened so often the joke was they installed
the signs with thumb screws so they would be easier to change next
week. Most people in DC just thought the Georgia Mafia was a joke that
would be gone in 4 years ... it was.

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