Two Truths
Posted by tasultaz on December 27, 2009
When you work in, or with the government, there are two truths that should be self evident. One, that common sense isn’t all that common and two, if there is an easy way and a hard way, disregard the easy way.
Now, I don’t have any particular reason for the aforementioned observation, but when you watch television you soon realize that these two truths must be factual.
Take, for an example, the federal debt. If any one of us, private citizens were to owe more than we made, we would soon have to file for bankruptcy. You can’t owe more, per month, than you make. That is just common sense. But somebody forgot to educate the folks in Washington about this, because they seem to always approve budgets for more money that our government has.
Another good example of this comes in the form of policies. When the government issues an internal policy, you must both adhere to it and disregard simultaneously. This may seem like an oxymoron or just plain moronic but thus is life within the government.
When a policy is issued you must adhere to what it says, to your own peril, but rest assured, there will be an entirely new policy tomorrow, which will supersede the one you received today.
Like I said before; if there is an easy way and a hard way, disregard the easy way. It is the second truth of government. Now that I think about it, both truths are pretty much the same thing.
