tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364586410437298556.post7318549996895901749..comments2023-11-03T06:49:09.136-05:00Comments on Heretic at the Gates: I can hear you getting fatterWill McBridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742233928328747756noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364586410437298556.post-5064422731655420352008-07-30T21:09:00.000-05:002008-07-30T21:09:00.000-05:00The ability of these organizations to lobby Congre...The ability of these organizations to lobby Congress is huge and largely ignored by the American public. I worked for an organization that had strict prohibitions on its contractors lobbying Congress, and I'm convinced that it made a huge difference in our ability to control and direct our work. All too often I watched my peers in other branches doling out money that they believed was a complete waste because Congress had appropriated it to them at the behest of their contractors. Were we a model of free market efficiency? Hell no, but you could find a civil servant at headquarters who would vouch for every dollar that was spent at the contractor, and say it was money well spent. This is not true in much of the government.Angus Hendrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14746206656696253314noreply@blogger.com