"Job Creations:
How The Government Functions"

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 approximately $18,000
over budget. We must cutback overall costs until
we can get a tax increase to balance our budget."

So they laid off the night watchman.......