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Vivek Kundra On US Government Inefficiency
parkland writes "Federal CIO Vivek Kundra described some dismaying government inefficiencies in a speech on Thursday at the University of Washington's Evans School of Public Affairs in Seattle. It takes 160 days to process benefits for veterans, he said, 'because the Veteran's Administration is processing paperwork by passing manila folders from one desk to another.' Another example bound to make you grind your teeth is why it takes the Patent and Trademark Office 3 years to process a patent. 'One reason,' says Kundra, 'is because the USPTO receives these applications online, prints them out, and then someone manually rekeys the information into an antiquated system.'"
And I'll add "By bureaucrats who don't know what the hell their doing, or plan on getting kick-backs in return for passing it"
Obama expects - no - plans to fall on the sword for this bill. He will sacrifice democracy and his party just to solidify power for the Federal Gov. Once they control health care, they also control all aspects of our lives that would cost the tax payer extra.
National Health Care = forfeiting of personal freedoms such as what you can eat, drink, smoke, and other physical or mental activities you enjoy doing.
Life is not for the lazy.
No critical thinking skills allowed!
The government does a bad job so lets elect people who hate government! ...
Oh no! The government is even worse! I know, lets elect people who hate government!
Oh no! The government is even worse! I know, lets elect people who hate government!
etc
There's a difference between making money and taking money.
Governments do all that awful taking for roads, and those useless public safety functions like courts and fire departments. We don't need any of that silly waste management either. All that taking is just evil I tell you!! Pure evil!!
As for the rest of your rationalizations, you've been duped by 'free markets' newspeak.
http://www.maxineudall.com/2010/02/should-economists-be-sued-for-malpractice.html
That's OK, the Republican party thrives on mindless opposition to anything the Democrats propose. Congrats on being part of that machine instead, I guess.