Blog:	You Might Be A Bureaucrat     [ Created: 2011-08-24 07:43:14  Updated: 2019-02-05 13:52:56   Owner: rl ]
Title:	You Might Be A Bureaucrat
	You might be a bureaucrat if: your job was created by a law you can stay out of work for 6 weeks and no one misses you you stand between a desire and its fulfillment your income is from government coffers you believe that nothing can be done without policy you believe that nothing should be done without policy you believe that violating policy is worse than violating the 10 commandments you honor policy more than right you honor policy more than humanity you don't care what happens to the country as long as your job is unaffected you believe that more government is needed you don't trust anyone but yourself or another bureaucrat you sacrifice freedom for the good of the bureaucracy you truly believe you help someone by applying red tape you elevate process over production you believe that people must be saved from themselves you are threatened by creativity you are threatened by independence you are threatened by non-conformity you don't understand how nature works (without bureacracy) you frequently use the phrase that's how it is as if that justifies you frequently use the phrase that's the law as if that justifies you frequently use the phrase I'm just doing my job as if that justifies you are comfortable using the phrase I will have to report that you believe policy is good as it serves to provide a scapegoat when things go wrong you believe that policy is good since it came from above (you administratively) you consider freedom to be anything which policy does not cover you feel that policy should cover everything you assume overseers are immune to the problems that plague the overseen you consider any external schedule offensive that imposes on your schedule you react to such external schedule impositions by extending your schedule you consider any complaint as grounds for a new policy you would never shoot someone but you are fully capable of grinding them to dust you would never verbally abuse someone but you have no problem treating them as a statistic you can ignore phone calls or emails with impunity you expect a raise simply because you follow policy you expect a retirement pension simply because you endured you never question policy you always question those who question policy you never wonder how things aught to be you never question your own motives you never question the validity of your existence you only consider the ethics outlined in policy you believe there cannot be too much policy you believe the solution to bad bureaucracy is a new bureau to oversee it you believe paying taxes is a privilege you believe that taxpayers are ignorant you believe that taxpayers have too much wealth you believe that taxpayers who complain should have their taxes raised so that they will have to work a second job thus eliminating the time they spend complaining you believe a regulation is a good thing you believe that regulation requiring a license is a better than a simple regulation you believe that a regulation requiring a renewable license is better than a regulation requiring a one-time license you believe in tax and spend to the second power - tax their taxes and tax them when they spend you believe that Irish and Chinese bureaucrats came to America to escape being persecuted for their bureaucracy you believe that our country was built on the backs of those Irish and Chinese bureaucrats you believe that immigration requirements should be relaxed so that there will be more people to regulate, to tax and to frustrate (not to mention - to vote) you believe that our country can spend its way out of debt you believe that our country needs you doing what you are doing you understand that money is just paper and that paper is cheap so we should keep printing money to give the paper value you believe that natural resources are unlimited you believe that food is created at Food Lion you think that truck drivers drive big fuel-inefficient rigs for the fun of it you think that a deadbeat can be rehabilitated by a handout you think that a jobless person will find a job before his unemployment runs out you think an unwed mother won't impregnate herself to get a raise you think that people who get food stamps can't get their hands on cash you think that people given a stipend will work anyway you truly believe that poverty can be eliminated you truly believe that poverty can be eliminated from the cofers of the wealthy you don't understand the principle of 'seed, time and harvest' you think that daylight savings time really saves time you think that daylight savings time is a good idea you think that President's Day makes sense you think that government is good you think that big government is better than basic government you think that private property demonstrates greed you think that good intention outweighs any bad results you think that bad policy should be corrected with additional policy you think that ethical behavior can be legislated you don't know what your department does you don't know what your agency does you don't know who your boss is you don't care that you might be a bureaucrat your mother and father were bureaucrats your teachers were bureaucrats you don't go to church you don't know anyone who goes to church you think that churches should be regulated you think that churches should be taxed and regulated you think that all the assets in churches should be confiscated for better use by the government you don't know God you don't know there is a God you think that if there is a God , He should be regulated you think all law is good by definition you think laws should last forever you think lawmakers are infallible you think policy makers are infallible you think God messed up you believe in prayer - as long as it is for leniency when policy is violated you believe in charitable giving - as long as the funds come from the tax coffers you pray for peace - because you are a coward you believe that power corrupts when that power is not held by the government you believe absolute power doesn't corrupt absolutely - rather it is the lofty goal of bureaucracy you get your political opinions from HollyWood you would undergo any imaginable abuse to keep your job you would mete out any imaginable abuse to keep your job you smile when you hear the words Federal Bureaucracy you frown when you hear the words budget cuts you smile when you hear the words Big Government you frown when you hear the words reduce the size of government you smile when you hear the words tax increase you frown when you hear the words tax decrease