Source: Brownstone Institute
by Thomas Buckley
“Bureaucracies are fascinating creatures – and, at all levels, government, corporate, academic, institutional, creatures they are. They are living things interconnected – either internally, when, for example, seven people have to sign off on a two-paragraph memo, or externally, when the creation of a new job and/or task in one bureaucracy necessitates the creation of another job in another bureaucracy simply to be in compliance and have the ability to communicate with the other organization. It is depressingly true that a shockingly large percentage of government and educational and even private sector bureaucrats exist solely to talk to one another and add nothing to the overall goals of the organization. And this should be the mindset – at least at the start – of the newly-created Department of Government Efficiency because even eliminating one person and/or program at the federal level will have a ripple effect throughout society.” (01/08/25)
https://brownstone.org/articles/can-doge-handle-the-bureaucratic-imperative/