Comments on: One Year After Global Warming Mandate, EPA Delays And Hides http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/epa-anniversary/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:42:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: fletc3her http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/epa-anniversary/comment-page-1/#comment-482 fletc3her Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:23:22 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/04/02/epa-anniversary/#comment-482 This is all part of the basic strategy the neocons are using to dismantle the government. George Bush appoints a crony to head each department whose primary qualification is political loyalty rather than professional suitability. The department is run by declaration as a hostile workplace ensuring that many of the longtime employees quit in disgust. Even routine decisions are delayed for months or years, the implemented in an illegal fashion. The resulting court cases take years to resolve. The neocon goal is to prove to the American people that government does not work. It's an anti-progressive movement which uses willfully incompetent governance as a tool to destroy the credibility of the government. Unfortunately, the damage will last a long time. The regulations pushed through by these cronies will take years to find and revoke. The lawsuits will take years to resolve. The loss of professional staff and the knowledge which they take with them as they leave the department cannot be undone. What the taxpayers and voters should realize is that this neocon strategy is very expensive. We end up paying entire departments to essentially sit on their hands and then lawyer up to defend the inevitable lawsuits. We pay to train new employees as the departments are gutted. And, inevitably, once a new administration comes into power, we pay to reconstruct the department and to correct all the damage that has been done. This is all part of the basic strategy the neocons are using to dismantle the government. George Bush appoints a crony to head each department whose primary qualification is political loyalty rather than professional suitability. The department is run by declaration as a hostile workplace ensuring that many of the longtime employees quit in disgust. Even routine decisions are delayed for months or years, the implemented in an illegal fashion. The resulting court cases take years to resolve.

The neocon goal is to prove to the American people that government does not work. It’s an anti-progressive movement which uses willfully incompetent governance as a tool to destroy the credibility of the government.

Unfortunately, the damage will last a long time. The regulations pushed through by these cronies will take years to find and revoke. The lawsuits will take years to resolve. The loss of professional staff and the knowledge which they take with them as they leave the department cannot be undone.

What the taxpayers and voters should realize is that this neocon strategy is very expensive. We end up paying entire departments to essentially sit on their hands and then lawyer up to defend the inevitable lawsuits. We pay to train new employees as the departments are gutted. And, inevitably, once a new administration comes into power, we pay to reconstruct the department and to correct all the damage that has been done.

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