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The default rule is minimal government intervention, maximum State jurisdiction, and maximum individual freedom.

We don't have a federal Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) because it would duplicate the States's DMVs. Each state has the infrastructure, manpower, and budget to run its own DMVs. Each state is positioned to run agencies according to its needs and wants. For example, Florida would have more boat registrations than, say, South Dakota. New York does not issue as many motorcycle licenses as other states. And so on. There is no need for a federal office to regulate vehicle registration and driver licensing.

We all foresee what would happen if the U.S. federal administrative state set up a DMV. It would require unnecessary additional testing, additional fees, require emissions inspections, safety inspections, and make it a general hell for Americans to register their cars and drive them. By comparison, look at Northern Virginia (Loudon, Fairfax, Alexandria) and personal property taxes and emissions inspections, which add on average in my household $3,000-$4,000 per year just to own cars. A federal DMV would mirror that and be worse.

Now extend this to the Environmental Protection Agency. Who is in the best position to protect Florida's wetlands? Naturally, it is the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Who is in the best position to regulate energy in Texas? It is of course the Texas State Energy Conservation Office. And finally, as an example, why would we need a federal department to standardize education and implement 50 separate states in the same manner? Pennsylvania and California have individual education needs -- individual energy, trade, and banking needs. Agriculture. Disease Control. Justice. The federal bodies are on the whole unnecessary.

No need for an FBI. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is capable of handling its own cases without federal intervention. And if they were not, that is a Georgia problem.

Why do we beef up these federal administrative agencies, with separate budgets and manpower, instead of simply and more efficiently supporting State agencies that already function, or create them new if needed? The answer in part is the federal government creates work, builds the bureaucracy, and justifies its existence by new regulations. A bureaucracy's job is to maintain workload and create more.

Browse the list at https://www.usa.gov/agency-index#A.
 
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I used to think like you do, and there's no doubt the Federal Government is an unconstitutional leviathan of epic and Republic destroying proportions, but now I know that State and Local government attract the same sort of scumbags and they all have the same problems.

You need to talk to my friend Marv Heemeyer about how great local government is.
 
The simple answer is that many people in general are stupid, lazy, and greedy.

When something like the .gov that isn't reliant on profit continues long enough, it eventually also stops being a merit based employee system. Which in turn attracts the types of people who are stupid, lazy, and greedy. They don't get reprimanded or fired for being stupid and lazy, so they exist in .gov for their entire career. And then more and more stupid and lazy people enter .gov service and vastly outnumber the intelligent hardworking types. And then some of those intelligent and hardworking types quit because they don't want to be involved with that type of organization.

And you have to have management, which has to by default mostly pull from the stupid and lazy. Then those managers create programs and departments partly out of being stupid (self explanatory), partly out of being lazy (the job that could be done by one person is now done by 5), and partly by being greedy (making sure there is funding for their department to keep them in their current position and others doing they job they could be doing).

In my experience of working for .gov for a very long time, the stupid and lazy parts are the main things driving bad decisions. If there was a profit based or merit based system in effect, things would be quite a bit different. A good portion (most?) of the decisions that happen in .gov are either:

- That's the way we've always done it
- That's a lot of work and/or paperwork
- Ridiculous logic
 
So, how many of y’all are there in your division; hired to take over dormant accounts and troll your fellow citizens? How does that jibe with your oath to The Constitution.

JFC…how many is this so far this year?

Would love to be proven wrong.
 
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The simple answer is that many people in general are stupid, lazy, and greedy.

When something like the .gov that isn't reliant on profit continues long enough, it eventually also stops being a merit based employee system. Which in turn attracts the types of people who are stupid, lazy, and greedy. They don't get reprimanded or fired for being stupid and lazy, so they exist in .gov for their entire career. And then more and more stupid and lazy people enter .gov service and vastly outnumber the intelligent hardworking types. And then some of those intelligent and hardworking types quit because they don't want to be involved with that type of organization.

And you have to have management, which has to by default mostly pull from the stupid and lazy. Then those managers create programs and departments partly out of being stupid (self explanatory), partly out of being lazy (the job that could be done by one person is now done by 5), and partly by being greedy (making sure there is funding for their department to keep them in their current position and others doing they job they could be doing).

In my experience of working for .gov for a very long time, the stupid and lazy parts are the main things driving bad decisions. If there was a profit based or merit based system in effect, things would be quite a bit different. A good portion (most?) of the decisions that happen in .gov are either:

- That's the way we've always done it
- That's a lot of work and/or paperwork
- Ridiculous logic
Damn, you have all the answers...Nah, just a know it all with a big line of bullshit ! :rolleyes:
 
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The default rule is minimal government intervention, maximum State jurisdiction, and maximum individual freedom.

We don't have a federal Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) because it would duplicate the States's DMVs. Each state has the infrastructure, manpower, and budget to run its own DMVs. Each state is positioned to run agencies according to its needs and wants. For example, Florida would have more boat registrations than, say, South Dakota. New York does not issue as many motorcycle licenses as other states. And so on. There is no need for a federal office to regulate vehicle registration and driver licensing.

We all foresee what would happen if the U.S. federal administrative state set up a DMV. It would require unnecessary additional testing, additional fees, require emissions inspections, safety inspections, and make it a general hell for Americans to register their cars and drive them. By comparison, look at Northern Virginia (Loudon, Fairfax, Alexandria) and personal property taxes and emissions inspections, which add on average in my household $3,000-$4,000 per year just to own cars. A federal DMV would mirror that and be worse.

Now extend this to the Environmental Protection Agency. Who is in the best position to protect Florida's wetlands? Naturally, it is the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Who is in the best position to regulate energy in Texas? It is of course the Texas State Energy Conservation Office. And finally, as an example, why would we need a federal department to standardize education and implement 50 separate states in the same manner? Pennsylvania and California have individual education needs -- individual energy, trade, and banking needs. Agriculture. Disease Control. Justice. The federal bodies are on the whole unnecessary.

No need for an FBI. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is capable of handling its own cases without federal intervention. And if they were not, that is a Georgia problem.

Why do we beef up these federal administrative agencies, with separate budgets and manpower, instead of simply and more efficiently supporting State agencies that already function, or create them new if needed? The answer in part is the federal government creates work, builds the bureaucracy, and justifies its existence by new regulations. A bureaucracy's job is to maintain workload and create more.

Browse the list at https://www.usa.gov/agency-index#A.
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Damn, you have all the answers...Nah, just a know it all with a big line of bullshit ! :rolleyes:
This guy got banned for this^^^^^?

The federal government or any government is like a parasitic tick once it takes hold and digs in it is never going to just voluntary get smaller or let go. There is no such thing has a temporary government program once it starts it's not going away on its own.
 
The problem is not the FBI as a concept, it is the FBI as it exists today. Who does Christopher Wray answer to? Not Congress. Former director James Comey saw answering to the then-president as unacceptable to where he admitted entrapping Mike Flynn and launching the Russian Collusion hoax (getting a special prosecutor appointed) to remove Trumpbfor revenge... all based on what he knew was not just unproven but disproven (Steele dossier)... yet he, Andrew McCabe, Peter Strozk, etc., retired with full pensions and weren't prosecuted.

Power corrupts.
 
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I see the psyop that has been running on the American public from Nov 22 1963, is proceeding to add another layer of after burners. We'll see how that all works out in the next few months for the planners, supporters, & clueless sheep. History has shown, what happens when a so called irresistible force, meets an immovable object.

All plans go to shit at first contact,... is a profound and highly accurate statement. Much like we'll get the media to convince the sheep into believing, the uke war is righteous and rolling over Russia will be simple. How is that plan working out? Seems some good folks lingering in your halls are not on board, and as I have always said it only takes one guy inside to fuck up the most perfect plan,...
 
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The simple answer is that many people in general are stupid, lazy, and greedy.

When something like the .gov that isn't reliant on profit continues long enough, it eventually also stops being a merit based employee system. Which in turn attracts the types of people who are stupid, lazy, and greedy. They don't get reprimanded or fired for being stupid and lazy, so they exist in .gov for their entire career. And then more and more stupid and lazy people enter .gov service and vastly outnumber the intelligent hardworking types. And then some of those intelligent and hardworking types quit because they don't want to be involved with that type of organization.

And you have to have management, which has to by default mostly pull from the stupid and lazy. Then those managers create programs and departments partly out of being stupid (self explanatory), partly out of being lazy (the job that could be done by one person is now done by 5), and partly by being greedy (making sure there is funding for their department to keep them in their current position and others doing they job they could be doing).

In my experience of working for .gov for a very long time, the stupid and lazy parts are the main things driving bad decisions. If there was a profit based or merit based system in effect, things would be quite a bit different. A good portion (most?) of the decisions that happen in .gov are either:

- That's the way we've always done it
- That's a lot of work and/or paperwork
- Ridiculous logic

Don't forget to add in the use it or lose it mentality of wasting taxpayer funds.

None of it ever goes back into the pot, because someone else will find a way to waste it.



Goes something like this:

- Hey bill, I need to know what furniture you need.

--Wut? I got new furniture last year.

-I know, but we have funds into the public coffer that have to be spent.

--I don't need or want anything.

-But we have to spend it or we won't get it in the budget next year.

-- I'm good man.

- Okay, so I'll put you down for a complete makeover in your office.

-- What happens to the old stuff?

- We can't surplus or auction it. It goes into a dumpster.

--Wuuuuut?

^^^^^^^^
That right there was an actual conversation from our local Sheriff's Office.
The names have been changed to protect my wife and her boss...😃


On top of all the wasted spending on shit like above. Now almost all of the Dodge cruisers have been replaced with gas guzzling pickups and full sized SUVs.
If that isn't enough, you should see all the very expensive Camaros, Challengers and other high priced cars being driven by Majors and Captains.
I should take some pics to show how wasteful this spending is. It sickens me.
 
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The default rule is minimal government intervention, maximum State jurisdiction, and maximum individual freedom.

We don't have a federal Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) because it would duplicate the States's DMVs. Each state has the infrastructure, manpower, and budget to run its own DMVs. Each state is positioned to run agencies according to its needs and wants. For example, Florida would have more boat registrations than, say, South Dakota. New York does not issue as many motorcycle licenses as other states. And so on. There is no need for a federal office to regulate vehicle registration and driver licensing.

We all foresee what would happen if the U.S. federal administrative state set up a DMV. It would require unnecessary additional testing, additional fees, require emissions inspections, safety inspections, and make it a general hell for Americans to register their cars and drive them. By comparison, look at Northern Virginia (Loudon, Fairfax, Alexandria) and personal property taxes and emissions inspections, which add on average in my household $3,000-$4,000 per year just to own cars. A federal DMV would mirror that and be worse.

Now extend this to the Environmental Protection Agency. Who is in the best position to protect Florida's wetlands? Naturally, it is the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Who is in the best position to regulate energy in Texas? It is of course the Texas State Energy Conservation Office. And finally, as an example, why would we need a federal department to standardize education and implement 50 separate states in the same manner? Pennsylvania and California have individual education needs -- individual energy, trade, and banking needs. Agriculture. Disease Control. Justice. The federal bodies are on the whole unnecessary.

No need for an FBI. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is capable of handling its own cases without federal intervention. And if they were not, that is a Georgia problem.

Why do we beef up these federal administrative agencies, with separate budgets and manpower, instead of simply and more efficiently supporting State agencies that already function, or create them new if needed? The answer in part is the federal government creates work, builds the bureaucracy, and justifies its existence by new regulations. A bureaucracy's job is to maintain workload and create more.

Browse the list at https://www.usa.gov/agency-index#A.

You make some valid observations. People had the same concerns 250 years ago, so they wrote the 10th amendment into the Bill of Rights.

10th Amendment “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people”

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The simple answer is that many people in general are stupid, lazy, and greedy.

When something like the .gov that isn't reliant on profit continues long enough, it eventually also stops being a merit based employee system. Which in turn attracts the types of people who are stupid, lazy, and greedy. They don't get reprimanded or fired for being stupid and lazy, so they exist in .gov for their entire career. And then more and more stupid and lazy people enter .gov service and vastly outnumber the intelligent hardworking types. And then some of those intelligent and hardworking types quit because they don't want to be involved with that type of organization.

And you have to have management, which has to by default mostly pull from the stupid and lazy. Then those managers create programs and departments partly out of being stupid (self explanatory), partly out of being lazy (the job that could be done by one person is now done by 5), and partly by being greedy (making sure there is funding for their department to keep them in their current position and others doing they job they could be doing).

In my experience of working for .gov for a very long time, the stupid and lazy parts are the main things driving bad decisions. If there was a profit based or merit based system in effect, things would be quite a bit different. A good portion (most?) of the decisions that happen in .gov are either:

- That's the way we've always done it
- That's a lot of work and/or paperwork
- Ridiculous logic
But don't you get a government check?
 
I see the psyop that has been running on the American public from Nov 22 1963, is proceeding to add another layer of after burners. We'll see how that all works out in the next few months for the planners, supporters, & clueless sheep. History has shown, what happens when a so called irresistible force, meets an immovable object.

All plans go to shit at first contact,... is a profound and highly accurate statement. Much like we'll get the media to convince the sheep into believing, the uke war is righteous and rolling over Russia will be simple. How is that plan working out? Seems some good folks lingering in your halls are not on board, and as I have always said it only takes one guy inside to fuck up the most perfect plan,...
I have always liked the James Joyce quote, "History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake."
 
So, how many of y’all are there in your division; hired to take over dormant accounts and troll your fellow citizens? How does that jibe with your oath to The Constitution.

JFC…how many is this so far this year?

Would love to be proven wrong.
My unit is pretty small, rotating between 5-10. I have other tasks, but every once in a while like to check in with my peeps.
 
I have always liked the James Joyce quote, "History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake."
Written about & taught history, is always via the victors agenda. Those who swallow/ed those writing & teaching w/o their own research, are the easily lead. Same kind of folks who double dip a conflict until they are sure, which will be the winning side, just like 1773-1776.

One scene in the Outlaw Jose Wales is so profound & accurate, most have/had no clue as to how real it was,... during the run up to 1861 and for years after the fighting stopped. Most people born as sheep tend to stay true to their birth traits.
 
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The default rule is minimal government intervention, maximum State jurisdiction, and maximum individual freedom.

We don't have a federal Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) because it would duplicate the States's DMVs. Each state has the infrastructure, manpower, and budget to run its own DMVs. Each state is positioned to run agencies according to its needs and wants. For example, Florida would have more boat registrations than, say, South Dakota. New York does not issue as many motorcycle licenses as other states. And so on. There is no need for a federal office to regulate vehicle registration and driver licensing.

We all foresee what would happen if the U.S. federal administrative state set up a DMV. It would require unnecessary additional testing, additional fees, require emissions inspections, safety inspections, and make it a general hell for Americans to register their cars and drive them. By comparison, look at Northern Virginia (Loudon, Fairfax, Alexandria) and personal property taxes and emissions inspections, which add on average in my household $3,000-$4,000 per year just to own cars. A federal DMV would mirror that and be worse.

Now extend this to the Environmental Protection Agency. Who is in the best position to protect Florida's wetlands? Naturally, it is the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Who is in the best position to regulate energy in Texas? It is of course the Texas State Energy Conservation Office. And finally, as an example, why would we need a federal department to standardize education and implement 50 separate states in the same manner? Pennsylvania and California have individual education needs -- individual energy, trade, and banking needs. Agriculture. Disease Control. Justice. The federal bodies are on the whole unnecessary.

No need for an FBI. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is capable of handling its own cases without federal intervention. And if they were not, that is a Georgia problem.

Why do we beef up these federal administrative agencies, with separate budgets and manpower, instead of simply and more efficiently supporting State agencies that already function, or create them new if needed? The answer in part is the federal government creates work, builds the bureaucracy, and justifies its existence by new regulations. A bureaucracy's job is to maintain workload and create more.

Browse the list at https://www.usa.gov/agency-index#A.


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I see the psyop that has been running on the American public from Nov 22 1963, is proceeding to add another layer of after burners. We'll see how that all works out in the next few months for the planners, supporters, & clueless sheep. History has shown, what happens when a so called irresistible force, meets an immovable object.

All plans go to shit at first contact,... is a profound and highly accurate statement. Much like we'll get the media to convince the sheep into believing, the uke war is righteous and rolling over Russia will be simple. How is that plan working out? Seems some good folks lingering in your halls are not on board, and as I have always said it only takes one guy inside to fuck up the most perfect plan,...
Before that. Ike warned us in the 50’s.

What if I told you it’s before 1913 federal reserve bank?

What if I said it was before 1776 and our sojourn away from the crown.

Would you believe it’s before 1492 and the search for wealth?

How about before mid evil times?

What if I told you when Jesus walked the earth and called them out? Naming them the synagogue of satan?

What if it was the religion of Babylon?

Would you believe it’s from before creation?
 
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The default rule is minimal government intervention, maximum State jurisdiction, and maximum individual freedom.

We don't have a federal Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) because it would duplicate the States's DMVs. Each state has the infrastructure, manpower, and budget to run its own DMVs. Each state is positioned to run agencies according to its needs and wants. For example, Florida would have more boat registrations than, say, South Dakota. New York does not issue as many motorcycle licenses as other states. And so on. There is no need for a federal office to regulate vehicle registration and driver licensing.

We all foresee what would happen if the U.S. federal administrative state set up a DMV. It would require unnecessary additional testing, additional fees, require emissions inspections, safety inspections, and make it a general hell for Americans to register their cars and drive them. By comparison, look at Northern Virginia (Loudon, Fairfax, Alexandria) and personal property taxes and emissions inspections, which add on average in my household $3,000-$4,000 per year just to own cars. A federal DMV would mirror that and be worse.

Now extend this to the Environmental Protection Agency. Who is in the best position to protect Florida's wetlands? Naturally, it is the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Who is in the best position to regulate energy in Texas? It is of course the Texas State Energy Conservation Office. And finally, as an example, why would we need a federal department to standardize education and implement 50 separate states in the same manner? Pennsylvania and California have individual education needs -- individual energy, trade, and banking needs. Agriculture. Disease Control. Justice. The federal bodies are on the whole unnecessary.

No need for an FBI. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is capable of handling its own cases without federal intervention. And if they were not, that is a Georgia problem.

Why do we beef up these federal administrative agencies, with separate budgets and manpower, instead of simply and more efficiently supporting State agencies that already function, or create them new if needed? The answer in part is the federal government creates work, builds the bureaucracy, and justifies its existence by new regulations. A bureaucracy's job is to maintain workload and create more.

Browse the list at https://www.usa.gov/agency-index#A.
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