Bureaucracies

We are being strangled by the massive number of laws on the books, the rules and regulations created to enforce those laws. Businesses are being choked by stacks of state and federal paperwork needed to take any step forward. Threats of restricting funds for not being compliant with some federal edict is rampant, even at the highest levels in government. As the government grows larger and larger, becoming the largest employer, the massive regulatory actions of large departments threaten to clog up every aspect of life for the average American citizen.

Keep in mind that bureaucracies are like galaxies in the universe: They are relatively independent of each other, yet interrelated; they are fighting for independent survival and constantly growing, but competing for the same space or resources as all the others; and they are in the process of protecting their own, especially those in the hierarchy that are closer to the top or at the center. Once formed the bureaucracy must consume resources just for survival; and the larger it grows the more resources it needs.


The thing we must remember, however, is the bureaucracy does not produce any product to generate independent resources; it only takes from those who do produce and redistributes those resources to those who have not produced it. So when the government bureaucracy uses money to stimulate economic growth, much of that will be used to maintain or grow the bureaucracy.
When the liberals are clamoring to continue to grow the government to bigger and bigger proportions, it is only logical to realize the bureaucracy that surrounds the extended government departments for new initiatives will cost more money as the civil servants are added by the tens of thousands.


When the more conservative politicians want to reduce the size of government, it logically follows the reduction of bureaucracy follows. That action causes a consolidation of fewer regulations, a reduction of duplication of efforts, and a more streamlined implementation of the laws passed.
Bureaucracy only robs Peter to pay Paul; and Peter will eventually run out of money after having been robbed so many times. Not to mention that Peter will likely lose heart and simply reduce or eliminate his production.


Jim Killebrew