this crossed my electronic desk ...
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>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,
>GS-4 position and hired a person for the job.
>
>Then Congress said, How does the watchman do his job without
>instruction?"
>
>So they created a planning position and hired two (2) people, one person
>to write
>the instructions, GS-12 and one person to do time studies, GS-11.
>
>Then Congress said, "How will we know the night watchman is doing the
>tasks
>correctly?"
>
>So they created a Q. C. position and hired two (2) people, one GS-9 to
>do the
>studies and one GS-11 to write the reports.
>
>Then Congress said, "How are these people going to get paid?"
>
>So they created the following positions, a time keeper, GS-09, and a
>payroll
>officer, GS-11, and hired two (2) people.
>
>Then Congress said, "Who will be accountable for all of these people?"
>
>So they created an administrative position and hired three (3) people,
>an Admin.
>Officer GM-13, Assistant Admin. Officer GS-12, and a Legal Secretary
>GS-08.
>
>Then Congress said, "We have had this command in operation for one year
>and we are
>$18,000 over budget, we must cutback overall cost."
>
>So they laid off the night watchman.
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