I was reading the newspaper yesterday, and it talked about how the Obama administration wanted to start a spending freeze for parts of the budget for this next year to get the government's finances under control. It also talked about how he wanted to appoint a commission to investigate congressional spending. That got me thinking, "Isn't the House of Representatives our 'commission' on spending? Isn't that a part of their job. And for that matter, isn't there also the CBO and a myriad of committees that bills pass through in order to make sure they are sound?" I guess we've gotten to a point where elected officials are too busy doing things they weren't elected for that they don't have time to do their jobs the way they should.
For that matter, isn't one of the Presidency's major responsibilities homeland security? Why is it then that we need a whole new agency to deal with that? The list of redundant and unnecessary programs and agencies goes on and on. Why can't we streamline government just like you would a business to cut down on cost and waste? Oh, it's because the only thing some of these guys are good at is spending other people's money.
