On Thu, 16 Apr 2015 20:54:41 -0700, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

John B. Slocomb on Fri, 17 Apr 2015 07:39:55
+0700 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

Years ago someone commented that no one, on either side, "wanted the
War on Drugs to cease". The sellers because the market price would
shrink to that of corn meal and the enforcers because their budget
would shrink to 1932 levels.

Yep.

Which is what I meant about "In order to get the money out of
politics, you need to get the Government out of - a lot of things." As
it stands now, there are numerous reasons to make a campaign
contribution to Senator Fogwell, because tweak/amend/unamend
legislation which will have an impact on his constitutes, the
Struggling Widget Makers of Left Overcoat in his district.
Gun Control Legislation is a great fund raiser - to stop Them(tm)
from doing [____]. So is the need to balance the budget, because we
all know Those People will do it the Wrong Way(tm).

End result, the Government doing badly, what it should not be
doing at all.
Dept of Education?
Department of Energy?
OSHA?
Federal Office of Contract Compliance?
DEA?
LSD?
NPR?
MIC
LEY
MOU
SE!

One reason for inefficiency in government is that once you work a
minimum time for the g'ment you become bullet proof - they can't fire
you. Another reason is that usually no one who knows anything about
the operation of the place ever audits it to see what is really going
on.

When I was in the Air force I spent some time at Edwards AFB where
most of the maintenance people are civilians. It was unbelievable. SAC
had Estimated time in commission times in hours and minutes - Monday,
10:20, etc. Edwards had estimated time in commission times of
"sometime next month".

But anyone that has ever been around government projects has similar
stories.

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cheers,

John B.