The Story of Congress and The Night Watchman

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Merrie Melodie Cartoon

Once upon a time the government had a vast  scrap yard in the middle of a desert. Congress said, "Someone may steal from it at night."   
So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job.

Then  Congress said, "How does the watchman do his job without instruction?" So they created a planning department and hired two people, one person to write the instructions, and one person to do time studies.

Then Congress  said, "How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly?" So they created a Quality Control department  and hired two people. Oneto do the studies and one to write the reports.

Then Congress said, "How are these  people going to get paid?" So They created two  positions: a time keeper and a payroll officer, then hired two people.

Then Congress said, "Who will be accountable for all of these people?" So they created an administrative section and hired three people, an 
Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a  Legal Secretary.

Then Congress said, "We  have had this command in operation for one Year and we are $918,000 over budget, we must cutback." So they laid off the

night watchman.