Interesting Budgeting - Topic The People of Pluba Land

Hey Once upon a time the government had a vast
scrap yard in the middle of a desert. Congress
said, "Someone may steal from it at night."

So they created a night watchman position and
hired a person for the job. Then Congress said,
"How does the watchman do his job without
instruction?"

So they created a planning department and hired
two people, one person to write the instructions,
and one person to do time studies.

Then Congress said, "How will we know the night
watchman is doing the tasks correctly?"

So they created a Quality Control department and
hired two people. One to do the studies and one
to write the reports.

Then Congress said, "How are these people
going to get paid?" So they created the following
positions, a time keeper, and a payroll officer,
then hired two people.

Then Congress said, "Who will be accountable
for all of these people?" So they created an
administrative section and hired three people,
an Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative,
and a Legal Secretary.

Then Congress said, "We have had this command
in operation for one year and we are $18,000 over
budget, we must cutback overall cost."

So they laid off the night watchman.

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