Liberty. It’s a simple idea, but it’s also the linchpin of a complex system of values and practices: justice, prosperity, responsibility, toleration, cooperation, and peace. Many people believe that liberty is the core political value of modern civilization itself, the one that gives substance and form to all the other values of social life. They’re called libertarians.
Monday, November 26, 2012
3 Reasons to Kill the Dept. of Homeland Security
It's unnecessary, ineffective, and expensive. And that's just for starters.
immediately following September 11 attacks in 2001, President
George W.
Bush initially resisted calls to create a new high-level
bureaucracy that would be laid on top of current activities. He was
right to recognize that coordinating existing agencies would have
been smarter and better. Unfortunately, he caved in to pressure to
create a massive new department.
2. It’s ineffective. To read the titles of
Government Accountability Office
(GAO) analyses of Homeland Security is to be reminded constantly
that DHS is never quite on top of its game.
Recent reports include “DHS Requires More Disciplined
Investment Management to Help Meet Mission Needs,” “DHS Needs
Better Project Information and Coordination Among Four Overlapping
Grant Programs,” and “Agriculture Inspection Program Has Made Some
Improvements, But Management Challenges Persist.” 3. It’s expensive. Last year, Homeland
Security spent a whopping $60 billion, a figure that will
doubtlessly increase in coming years. The construction of its new
headquarters – the single-largest
projectever undertaken by The General Services
Administration – will cost at least $4 billion and is
already years behind on schedule since breaking ground in
2009.
Since it’s the holiday season, here’s a bonus reason to get rid
of the Department of Homeland Security: It also runs the
Transportation Security Administration, whose
nasty reputation for manhandling innocent travelers is only
slightly more annoying than its massive and undeserved growth in
personnel and cost
over the past decade.
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