Is incompetence fungible?
I keep asking the question - so far, I keep finding a whole lot of examples that bigger government is not, as he says, working...
The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works -- whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified."
-President Barack Obama, 1/20/09
From Hot Air:
Video: If government doesn’t work, why expand it?
Yesterday, Congress looked into reports that bureaucrats at the Department of Labor showed little enthusiasm for investigating complaints of “wage theft” and unfair labor practices. Independent investigators found that calling the complaint line usually resulted in no action at all, as workers at the agency openly complained about a lack of resources and advised callers to just find another job. The GAO issued a stern report about the failure of the DoL to act on behalf of workers, and Gregory Kutz, Managing Director of GAO’s special investigations unit, testified before Congress to the issue.
This gave Rep. Tom Price, the chair of the Republican Study Committee, an opportunity to point out the basic problems in expanding governmentTry to imagine, in a government-run health care system, calling to complain about a lack of treatment. What would be the answer — “find another country”? “You’ve lived long enough”? “I’ll bet you’re a hypochondriac”? “Can’t I just eat my waffle?”
Just keep remembering: Universal Healthcare; DMV
