Have you had some nagging doubts lately about whether our system of government still works?
When you get home from your 50-hour work week, kick your shoes off your tired feet, and sit down to watch or read the news, do you get that hinky feeling something is terribly wrong — when even after spending everything we give them, and accumulating an $18 trillion debt, our government still can’t perform the basic functions it was designed for?
Do you wonder once in a while if the federal government has become so huge and out of control there is absolutely nothing anybody can do about it, regardless of who is elected?
I’m sorry to say, this won’t make you feel any better.
A while back the Inspector General’s office learned that a number of DEA agents on assignment in Columbia were enjoying the services of prostitutes paid for by drug cartels. The first agents who “‘fessed up” were suspended for two to ten days. Later investigations revealed the problem was much more pervasive than first thought, and had been going on for a much longer time.
Congressman Mick Mulvaney (R-SC) thinks like you and I do. In the real world, this kind of thing is simple. When an employee egregiously misbehaves, utterly fails, is engaged in corruption, or worse yet – endangers the important mission he was hired to perform, you fire him. Right?
In the real world, yes. But not in the federal government. When Mulvaney, a member of the House oversight committee, asked top DEA administrator Michele Leonhart whether she could fire these bad actors, or whether she has ever seen a DEA employee who deserves to be fired, her answers were nothing short of breathtaking. Watch:
You didn’t know our government was this screwed up? It’s just the tip of the iceberg. Congressman Mulvaney was right when he said, “This is nuts.”
Tom Balek – Rockin’ On the Right Side
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