Originally Posted by PatrickHenry1775
Government is not exactly a competent institution. Look at the efficiency of the United States Postal Service, how quickly road projects are completed, the performance of all levels of government in the Hurricane Katrina fiasco.
OT, but I think the post office is probably one of the best run government agencies. Aside from waiting inordinate amounts of time in line (I guess it's comparable to the airport

), they do get my packages and letters where they need to go pretty quickly and at a reasonable price. They can't always compete with UPS or FedEx, but they do a pretty good job overall.
Then there are the other agencies ...