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Government effeciency highlighted. Well, maybe not.

Hayabusa Rider

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Note I didn't link to FOX so we can dispense with that. Without doubt private industry has problems, but the standard answer is that government can do better. It's true with such things as scientific research, since the making of a buck (or having someone else make it instead) drives that in industry, but for a whole lot of things? Nope.

Chances of fixing this? Nil.

Apologists in 3..2..1
 
Consider the cost the the private sector of handling all the required duplication also.

But each agency has to protect it's own turf 🙁
 
· Special treatment for catfish. GAO found that the Farm Bill assigned the United States Department of Agriculture responsibility for monitoring catfish, thus splitting seafood oversight between USDA and FDA. Fifteen federal agencies administer more than 30 food related laws.
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Don't you dare touch my catfish! Fried catfish yummy....NOMNOMNOM
 
I've been saying the same thing. Why the fuck do we need so many god damn intelligence groups???
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Intelligence_Community#Members

The IC consists of 16 members (also called elements). The Central Intelligence Agency is an independent agency of the United States government. The other 15 elements are offices or bureaus within federal executive departments. The IC is led by the Director of National Intelligence, whose office, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), is not listed as a member of the IC.

* Independent agencies
o Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
* United States Department of Defense
o Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency (AFISRA)
o Army Military Intelligence (MI)
o Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
o Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (MCIA)
o National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
o National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
o National Security Agency (NSA)
o Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)
* United States Department of Energy
o Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (OICI)
* United States Department of Homeland Security
o Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A)
o Coast Guard Intelligence (CGI)
* United States Department of Justice
o Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
o Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
* United States Department of State
o Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR)
* United States Department of the Treasury
o Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI)[6]
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her209 said:
I've been saying the same thing. Why the fuck do we need so many god damn intelligence groups???
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Intelligence_Community#Members
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I'm not sure which is better, one huge bloated bureaucracy where information can't get to the right person in time because bureaucrats are jealously guarding their own little fiefdoms, or many big bureaucracies where information can't get to the right person in time because bureaucrats are jealously guarding their own little fiefdoms and not sharing with "the competition".
 
werepossum said:
I'm not sure which is better, one huge bloated bureaucracy where information can't get to the right person in time because bureaucrats are jealously guarding their own little fiefdoms, or many big bureaucracies where information can't get to the right person in time because bureaucrats are jealously guarding their own little fiefdoms and not sharing with "the competition".
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Information sharing is a real problem without doubt, but different agencies have different missions to reflect different needs of those they serve. One could combine them, then they would be subject to at least one more level of bureaucracy most likely politically driven and competing with each other for the attention of the top hierarchy. Generally the larger the bureaucracy the more inefficient the organization.
 
Hayabusa Rider said:
Information sharing is a real problem without doubt, but different agencies have different missions to reflect different needs of those they serve. One could combine them, then they would be subject to at least one more level of bureaucracy most likely politically driven and competing with each other for the attention of the top hierarchy. Generally the larger the bureaucracy the more inefficient the organization.
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True.
 
sMiLeYz said:
Ahhhh the defense budget, a bastion of efficiency and good use of taxpayer money.
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At this point, it's nothing more than a massive jobs program.

Democrats LOOOOVE them some jobs programs. Almost as much as high-speed trains.

They won't touch it, no matter how hypocritical it makes them look.
 
all that money spent monitoring catfish and the USDA/FDA still can't eliminate that muddy flavor you sometimes get - fuckers!
 
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drebo said:
At this point, it's nothing more than a massive jobs program.

Democrats LOOOOVE them some jobs programs. Almost as much as high-speed trains.

They won't touch it, no matter how hypocritical it makes them look.
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It's democrats fault that the defense budget is over bloated eh?
 
sMiLeYz said:
It's democrats fault that the defense budget is over bloated eh?
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The DoD budget has been increased, not decreased, under Obama. The fault falls among both parties and their constituents. At least the GOP is honest about their stance.
 
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