I can only begin by stating, "nice work if you can get it". That sums up my feelings
reading that more than two-thirds of Federal workers receive annual bonuses,
whether their performance warrants it or not.
Each year as many Federal agencies exceed their budgets, and still fail to meet the
requirements of the job, as chronicled about the Veteran Administration, the IRS,
and even FEMA, employees receive bonuses, exceeding $400 million annually.
Such a 'small' amount is a rounding error given the size of the Federal budget, but
this is not about money, its about degradation of service to the public without cost.
Why bring this up now? Well, the thought occurred after reading the following tweet
from Donal Trump after he returned to New York after the opening of his golf course
in Scotland.
The tweet:
Just landed in New York - a one night stay in Scotland. Turnberry came out magnificently.
My son, Eric, did a great job - under budget!
Trump used two words I have never heard used by anyone in politics or even working in
the Federal bureaucracy...."under budget".
Those two 'cursed words', that will never find a home in Washington, DC!
The American people have accepted unaccountable incompetence as a standard of
governance. The bureaucrats who spend more than $3 trillion in taxes and $1 trillion in
debt have no compunction to serve the public with honor which comes from deeply
rooted principles.
Maybe this innocuous tweet tells us something the public should be aware of, this
year one candidate who is running may be the steward of the people's money we have
not seen in decades.
Trump may be the first president to hold Federal agencies accountable and strive
to serve the people while staying "under budget".
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