From what I've been reading, this one "works globally", in all
countries and continents; all one has to do is change the dollars to
pounds, marks, yen, rand... : Not but US is leadin' in this area too,
as usual :)
And I notice that there was no no-bid corporation created to manage the
lot, with a CEO who earns thrice as much as the rest of them combined.
But that's because I got the joke from a Republican friend who approves
of such private enterprise, while disapproving of "government waste"
From: B.R.
Once upon a time the government had a scrap yard in the middle of a
desert. Congress said, "Someone may steal it at night." So they
created a night watchman position and hired a person at $18,000.00 a
year 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 for $22,000.00 and one
person to do time studies for an additional $22,000.00 per year.
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 for $31,000.00 and one to
write the reports for an additional $31,000.00 per year.
Then Congress said, "How are these people going to get paid?" So they
created the following positions: a time keeper for a $35,000.00 annual
salary and a payroll officer for an additional $35,000.00. Then they
created an administrative section and hired three more people -- an
Administrative Officer at $155,000.00 per year, an Assistant
Administrative Officer at $125,000.00 and a Legal Secretary at
$100,000.00 per year.
Then Congress said, "We have had this operating for one year with a
budget cost of $574,000.00 and we are $18,000.00 over budget. We must
cut back costs."
SO THEY LAID-OFF THE NIGHT WATCHMAN.
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Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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