Another excerpt to ponder

...as I continue working my way through Revolution: A Manifesto -- a small book that is taking me some time to read and digest:

To get an appreciation for the difference between public and private administration in terms of bureaucracy and cost-effectiveness, consider this. The Brookings Institution's John Chubb once investigated the number of bureaucrats working in the central administration offices of the New York City public schools. Six telephone calls finally yielded someone who knew the answer, but that person was not allowed to disclose it. Another six calls later, Chubb had at last pinned down someone who knew the answer and could tell him what it was: there were 6,000 bureaucrats working in the central office.
Then Chubb called the Archdiocese of New York, to find out the figure there. (The city's Catholic schools educated one-fifth as many students as did the government-run schools.) Chubb's first telephone call was taken by someone who did not know the answer. Here we go again, he thought. But after a moment, she said, "Wait a minute; let me count." Her answer: 26.

One of the best examples I've read how 'administrative overhead' gets out of control when there are seemingly unlimited tax dollars to fuel the monster's appetite.

Don't be surprised if I continue to excerpt from this book -- it's a cogent summary of what those who supported Ron Paul's campaign are trying to make heard above the political noise as usual. If we don't learn, yearn for and return to self-government and free association to solve our problems, things are only going to get worse.