A little bit of Christmas Cheer

Can't take credit for this, it comes from The Green Arrow forum

Just in case you don't understand how a "Government" program works, here is a perfect example:

Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert.

The government said, "Someone may steal from it at night." So they created a night watchman position and hired a person at £18,000 a year for the job.

Then the government 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 for £22,000, and one person to do time studies for an additional £22,000 per year.

Then the government said, "How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly? So they created a Quality Control department and hired two people. One to do the studies for £31,000 and one to write the reports for an additional £31,000 per year.

Then the government said, "How are these people going to get paid?" So they created the following positions, a time keeper for £35,000 annual salary, and a payroll officer for an additional £35,000, then hired two people.

Then the government said, "Who will be accountable for all of these people?" So they created an administrative section and hired three people, an Administrative Officer at £155,000 per year, Assistant Administrative Officer £125,000, and a Legal Secretary for an additional £100,000 per year.

Then the government said, "We have had this operating for one year with a budget cost of £574,000.00 and we are £18,000 over budget. We must cutback overall cost."

So they laid off the night watchman.