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The Bureaucracy

The Bureaucracy. “Man creates problems. Government and bureaucrats magnify them 100 times.” —George Van Valkenburg. Farnsworth’s Charge. “…each man felt, as he tightened his saber belt, that he was summoned to ride to death.”. Brigadier General Elon J. Farnsworth. Gettysburg. July 3,1863

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The Bureaucracy

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  1. The Bureaucracy “Man creates problems. Government and bureaucrats magnify them 100 times.” —George Van Valkenburg

  2. Farnsworth’s Charge “…each man felt, as he tightened his saber belt, that he was summoned to ride to death.” Brigadier General Elon J. Farnsworth

  3. Gettysburg July 3,1863 5:27 PM Lt. Perley C.J. Cheney 1st Vermont Cavalry

  4. 1888

  5. $15 per month… The equivalent of about $350 today. 1908

  6. 1888

  7. 1912

  8. Perley C.J.Cheney

  9. Types of Bureaucratic Agencies • Cabinet departments • Regulatory commissions • Government corporations • Independent executive agencies • Foundations

  10. The Department of Homeland Security

  11. Problems of Public Administration • Democratic participation • Constitutional limitation

  12. Bureaucratic Pathologies • New Hampshire’s dirt-eating children • Mother Theresa’s quest to build a homeless shelter in New York City • 9/11 loans administered through the Small Business Administration (SBA) • Unused mobile homes following Hurricane Katrina

  13. Bush Campaign Ad on Gore’s Prescription Drug Plan Do bureaucrats deserve our wrath? As Lynch points out, they are not all “indifferent paper pushers.” They are police officers, firefighters, nurses, teachers, and engineers.

  14. Fixing Bureaucracy Under the Clinton Administration in the 1990s, The National Partnership for Reinventing Government sought to make government “work better” and “cost less” for its customers, the American people.

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