GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY

Jul 10 2025POLITICS

Texas Floods: When Bureaucracy Slows Down Rescue Efforts

In the heart of Texas, a sudden and severe flood turned lives upside down. Heavy rains caused rivers to overflow, sweeping away people and homes. This was a big emergency, and everyone expected a quick response from FEMA, the agency that usually helps in such crises. But this time, things didn't go as smoothly as usual. FEMA, which has helped in many disasters befor...

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Apr 19 2025POLITICS

The New Plan to Fire Federal Workers Easily

The Trump administration is pushing ahead with a plan to make it simpler to dismiss certain federal employees. This move is part of a broader effort to reduce the size of the federal government and gain more control over it. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has proposed a rule that would reclassify tens of thousands of career civil servants as "at-will" emplo...

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Feb 09 2025POLITICS

Tech Billionaire's Power Play: Musk Takes Over U. S. Treasury

Imagine Trump's circus act. He's busy barking about trade wars, Israel, and even tries to buy Greenland. Meanwhile, back at home, Elon Musk is busy with a more powerful plot. He does point out that the media can only focus on one thing at a time. And that is what he is exploiting. Musk has taken a giant leap into US government finances. In late January, he a...

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Dec 09 2024POLITICS

Government Makeover: Catching Up With REGO

Back in the late 1800s, presidents had been promising to fix the government bureaucracy for over a century. One of the biggest changes came after James Garfield's death in 1881, when a disgruntled job seeker shot him. This tragic event led to the creation of a professional, merit-based bureaucracy to replace the corrupt political "spoils" system. Fast forward to the...

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