Browsing the archives for the bureaucracy tag
compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn Proving that not everything gets better with age—especially the U.S. Post Office—consider this article from 1985… James Bovard, “The Last Dinosaur: The U.S. Postal Service” http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa047.html Then compare it to this article from 2010… Doug Bandow, “Postal Bankruptcy” http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/postal-bankruptcy And then try to figure out what has changed since 1985. Consider [...]
compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn The U.S. Labor Department’s official unemployment index, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), is based on a monthly survey of sample households that only counts individuals who reported looking for work in the past four weeks. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm What the Labor Department’s BLS index DOES NOT INCLUDE: Part-time [...]
compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn Though the sheer size of our national debt makes it difficult to grasp, perhaps the following illustration will help: NOTE: All dollar amounts are expressed in 2010 USD In 2010, the annual interest on the U.S. national debt was $414 billion. [1] To put that number in perspective, remember [...]
compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn Since 2001, the Los Angeles Unified District (LAUSD) has spent $1.2 billion (2009 USD) to “educate” 8,400 students at a cost of $142,857.14 per student. [1] [2] [3] [4] $578 million to build the Robert F. Kennedy Community School which houses 4,200 students and opened in 2010. $377 or [...]
compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn Once upon a time, the government owned a vast scrap yard in the middle of the desert. But Congress grew concerned that someone might steal from it at night so they formed a Scrap Yard Oversight Committee to determine what should be done. After several drafts and numerous revisions [...]
