Gubment

Since the oil spill I've pounded the "genius" myth of the private market, and here's some more from Matt Yglesias.

I bring this up because this kind of petty waste in a public sector context would become grist for some sweeping political conclusions. Really sweeping. Not like “this agency should improve its management processes” or even the more general “in large bureaucratic organizations, lots of minor stuff goes wrong all the time.” Instead, it’d be like “this is why we have to privatize everything” or “obviously we can cut taxes and balance the budget by eliminating waste.”

But seriously, only the big gub'ment is staffed with retards.