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Yankee06
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How Government works -read all
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7/7/2009 1:09:30 AM
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JustAGuy,
-I agree with you on these email rants. But WW's basic point is correct. The DOE was formed to solve our energy dependence problem and it failed. My interpretation of the first sentence in your quote backs up WW, ...the quote is "The Department of Energy (DOE) was created in 1977 as part of the nation's attempt to deal with the oil price shocks of the 1970s"
-Yes the $26 billion reflects a lot of the other budgets for agencies that were brought into the DOE. Nevertheless, the purpose for creating the agency was not achieved. in fact we are, by percentage, more dependent on foreign oil now than we were in 1977.
-We have done a similar thing recently with intel agencies. As a result of 9/11 we have brought all the intell agencies under one chief and have given him budget control over all these agencies. The result? --another layer of bureaucrats. The intell process has slowed down because now it has to go through one more layer of approval, and this new layer is driven more by political considerations than by operational intell considerations.
My guess is that the same will be happening in the auto and finace businesses.
Bottom line; DOE failed in its mission!
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