Have you ever worked for the federal government? It's kind of my "specialty" when I'm not in uniform. I think you are naïve as hell in the way you characterize most government employees. They are generally inept, lazy and really only looking for the bennies and the retirement.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Judah McAuley [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 10:06 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Obama Warns of Prospect for Trillion-Dollar > Deficits (US Needs a Debt Management Plan) > > If you don't count defense/security related spending as > discretional then the bulk of federal spending isn't > something we can just cut. I'm not a big fan of bureaucracy > but I think you dramatically mischaracterize the bulk of the > people that work for the federal government. You may see > government as the enemy, but I don't. Its a tool. A tool, > like a gun, that can be wielded for good or for evil. > Though it is complex enough that often it isn't entirely > clear whether it is good or evil at the time. > > If you don't care to try and reform it, please shut up and > step aside for those that would like to try and turn it into > something more useful. > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 6:54 PM, Robert Munn > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I assume you have never worked in or with the federal government in > > DC. The bureaucrats run the show on a day to day basis. Good luck > > reining in people who it is virtually impossible to fire. > And forget > > about selective punishment, like posting uncooperative people to > > really crappy jobs. You might as well walk through every > agency in DC > > with a sign on your back saying, "Kick me, I'm an asshole". > > > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 6:45 PM, Judah McAuley > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Ed Rollins has been a tool since...well, I only remember > him being a > >> tool back to Regan but I wouldn't be surprised if it went back > >> farther than that. > >> > >> But it makes my point well enough. Every administration > Reagan onward > >> has promised to spend wisely. But what did they actually do toward > >> that end? Obama is making a cabinet-level position to do > exactly that. > >> Anyone else done anything remotely similar? > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:284255 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
