HOW THE GOVERNMENT WORKS

> 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 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 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

> $35,000.00 annual salary,  and a payroll officer for an additional $35,000.00, 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 at $155,000.00 per year,

> Assistant Administrative Officer $125,000.00, and a Legal

> Secretary for an additional $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 over

> budget. We must cutback overall cost.”

>

> So they laid off the night watchman.

>

> SEE HOW IT WORKS? ANY QUESTIONS?