Fw: Sadly this is truely how our government works

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Sadly this is truely how our government works

 

How the Government WorksOnce upon a time the government had a scrap yard in the middleof a desert. Congress said," Someone may steal it at night."So they created a night watchman position and hired a personat $18,000.00 a year for the job.Then Congress said, "How does the watchman do his jobwithout instruction?" So they created a planning departmentand hired two people -- one person to write the instructionsfor $22,000.00 and one person to do time studiesfor an additional $22,000.00 per year.Then congress said, "How will we know the night watchman isdoing the tasks correctly?" So they created aquality control department and hired two people.One was to do the studies for $31,000.00and 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 salaryand a payroll officer for an additional $35,000.00Then they created an administrative section and hiredthree more people -- an Administrative Officer at $155,000.00per year, an Assistant Administrative Officer at $125,000.00and a Legal Secretary at $100,000.00 per year.Then Congress said, "We have had this operating for one yearwith a budget cost of $574,000.00and we are $18,000.00 over budget.We must cut back costs."SO THEY LAID OFF THE NIGHT WATCHMAN.