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The solution to an unresponsive bloated government bureaucracy is…to make it bigger?

Ed M. reported on this at Hot Air (video clip at the link):

Yesterday, Congress looked into reports that bureaucrats at the Department of Labor showed little enthusiasm for investigating complaints of “wage theft” and unfair labor practices. Independent investigators found that calling the complaint line usually resulted in no action at all, as workers at the agency openly complained about a lack of resources and advised callers to just find another job.  The GAO issued a stern report about the failure of the DoL to act on behalf of workers, and Gregory Kutz, Managing Director of GAO’s special investigations unit, testified before Congress to the issue.

This gave Rep. Tom Price, the chair of the Republican Study Committee, an opportunity to point out the basic problems in expanding government power.  Watch this colloquy and enjoy Kutz’ obvious discomfort…

Bingo.  This is a point I’ve made before: our government is so big and bloated and dysfunctional, so why do leftists think it’s a good idea to make it even bigger and more bloated?  One needs to look no further than the V.A.

It is so deeply mired in red tape, and any vet who has had to go to a V.A. hospital can likely back me up on the fact that getting a hassle-free experience there is the exception, not the rule.  Until the V.A. medical bureaucracy and ineffeciency gets cleaned up, why in Heaven’s name would you let the same type of people do to our nation’s health care system what they’ve done at V.A. and the Dept. of Labor (just to name a couple)?

March 27, 2009 - Posted by crushliberalism | big government, health care