Originally Posted by Guest

If government agencies would run efficiently we could cut taxes and most likely not have to cut the services they provide. When I was a small business owner the local government agencies I dealt with that were efficient and coming in under budget would always end up on a spending binge at years end to be sure they spent all of their budget so it would not be cut the next year. When I was in the Army Reserve we had a company strength of around 500 but at that time were slightly under 300. Every year we were required to go to the range and practice our M-16 proficiency. They always gave us enough ammunition for 500 which we did not need. After we (the 300 of us) did our required shooting we had quite a bit of ammo left. Would it be returned to the warehouse? Nope. We had 10 of us line up, put the M-16's on auto, and just fire the extra ammo until gone. I could go on and on, and I am sure many of you reading this thread have their own stories to tell. Government and efficiency are rarely together on the same page.