Ah-hah! It's a GOP plot!
Jun. 28th, 2007 12:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chhotiiSo, just noodling on my computer while on hold with National Passport Information Center (NPIC) (again!...)
I'm reading this blog of people's experiences trying to get passports recently. Getting a passport used to be pretty painless, but under the stellar leadership of GWB's administration, it has turned into a disaster. A New Orleans sized disaster. Naturally there is a lot of ranting. Here's one:
...and it occurs to me: Republicans don't give a shit about making government work better, because they want people to think that all government agencies must suck by their very nature. Al Gore was all about trying to make the government work better. He worked hard on that while he was VP. By contrast, a Republican administration has an incentive to let things suck, so we want less run by government (less taxes!) and more run by Wal-Mart (more profits!)
I'm reading this blog of people's experiences trying to get passports recently. Getting a passport used to be pretty painless, but under the stellar leadership of GWB's administration, it has turned into a disaster. A New Orleans sized disaster. Naturally there is a lot of ranting. Here's one:
Applied March 12. Still no passport. AMAZING!!! This is typical public sector inefficiency. I am sick and tired of reading these people who say "well, you knew you were traveling so you should have applied early." How in the world can you tell people that when they walked into the agency and were told 8-10 weeks from DATE OF APPLICATION??? By my calculations I should have received mine at the latest on May 21st. I am leaving on the 13 of June. That is a 3 1/2 week buffer. STOP MAKING EXCUSES FOR GOVERNMENT INCOMPETENCE!!! And we have politicians running for president who want the government to run health care. America would have to be nuts to want that. I can just see my Dad dieing waiting for a new pacemaker battery. I contacted my congressman today and they took my info and said they would get back with me. I will let you know if that helps. GOOD LUCK ALL!!!
...and it occurs to me: Republicans don't give a shit about making government work better, because they want people to think that all government agencies must suck by their very nature. Al Gore was all about trying to make the government work better. He worked hard on that while he was VP. By contrast, a Republican administration has an incentive to let things suck, so we want less run by government (less taxes!) and more run by Wal-Mart (more profits!)
