Oddball
Unobtanium Member
None of which refutes the fact that politicians and bureaucrats line their pockets first, before any aid is rendered to those who supposedly need it worse than those from whom the resources were expropriated.Not necessarily...
True, resources wasted running a bloated bureaucracy are just as gone as those wasted rewarding fat campaign contributions with fat contracts, the difference is how the waste sparked by campaign money is self perpetuating.
If we move toward a fair and simple tax code, we cut deeply in to corporate welfare - after that, ass-u-me-ing we tie their hands with a balanced budget requirement, our representatives will actually have the time to simplify and streamline the rules and bureaucracies that provide the public welfare safety net, hopefully in an effort to keep that net from remaining 'comfortable'.
And, of course, the most voracious and least accountable political bureaucracy is the one situated in Foggy Bottom.