Political Quotes

“it has now been reported that top military officials took 238 helicopter rides between the Pentagon and Andrews Air Force Base in the past year. Each trip cost from $1,000 up to $3,000, costing several hundred thousands altogether. What a ridiculous waste of taxpayer money. It is 14 miles from the Pentagon to Andrews. A cab ride would have cost $24--a military car, even less. Is someone embarrassed over this? No--not at all. On the ABC National News last night, there was even an attempt to justify it in the name of efficiency and training. Is someone going to lose his job? No, because people in unelected Federal positions can today get away with things that would cost them their jobs in the private sector. Unfortunately, we will continue to see similar abuses of power and wasteful expenditures throughout the Federal Government, for two reasons: First, our Government is simply too big, and there is almost no political control over it. Second, the Civil Service System protects and insulates bureaucrats so much that they cannot really be held accountable--even for terrible decisions. But, if these officials care at all about our taxpayers, they will cut out these overpriced joyrides immediately.”