The "Dead Horse" Theory of Government

[vickie gee]

THE DEAD HORSE THEORY OF GOVERNMENT

The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from generation to generation, says, "When you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount."

However, in government more advanced strategies are often employed, such as:

1. Buying a stronger whip.

2. Changing riders.

3. Appointing a committee to study the horse.

4. Arranging to visit other countries to see how other cultures ride dead horses.

5. Lowering the standards so that dead horses can be included.

6.Re-classifying the dead horse as living-impaired.

7. Hiring outside contractors to ride the dead horse.

8. Harnessing several dead horses together to increase speed.

9. Providing additional funding and/or training to increase the dead horse's performance.

10.Doing a productivity study to see if lighter riders would improve the dead horse's performance.

Do you recognize any of these strategies in how your tax dollars are being spent?

 

[Jill]

Boy do these sound familiar!!!

 

[Genie]

Very good

 

[vickie gee]

Boy do these sound familiar!!!

Of, course they do. It was recently on WND "joke of the day."

That is World Net Daily .

And, I forgot to type the last ones. So here goes:

11. Declaring that as the dead horse does not have to be fed, it is less costly; carries lower overhead and therefore contributes substantially more to the bottom line of the economy than do some of the other horses.

12. Rewriting the expected performance requirements for all horses.

and of course.....(sound the drum roll)

13. Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position.

 

[wildoak]

Good ones, and pretty non-partisan. Lots of those "strategies" employed by both sides!

Jan

 

[Jill]

Of, course they do. It was recently on WND "joke of the day."

That is World Net Daily .

And, I forgot to type the last ones. So here goes:

11. Declaring that as the dead horse does not have to be fed, it is less costly; carries lower overhead and therefore contributes substantially more to the bottom line of the economy than do some of the other horses.

12. Rewriting the expected performance requirements for all horses.

and of course.....(sound the drum roll)

13. Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position.

I hadn't read it until you posted here! I just meant we sure see things like this going on all around us

(especially if you're like me and live so near the "workings" of the Federal Government!)