Just added it to my to read list. I would be interested in a book club if one is started.
I guess I don’t know how to talk about a political book without being political. It’s like saying let’s talk about a bill O’Reilly book without bringing politics into it.
It’s an interesting book. There are so many miscellaneous functions of the federal government bureaucracy that you don’t see or think about but are extremely important (nuclear power plant regulation, Inspection of the food supply, roads and bridges, etc.) Those agencies are staffed by smart caring people that you never hear about it unless they screw something up.
Without being too political, it’s safe to say that there have been a lot of serious missteps by the current administration. The flashiest ones involve foreign policy, Military, and big macro economic issues. However, you wouldn’t be surprised to learn that the gross mismanagement and ineptitude extend into a lot of these mundane areas.
A lot of it comes down to competent career people not wanting to work for the current president. If a normal Republican (Romney, Rubio, etc.) had won the election, they would’ve gotten a list of 5–10 competent people with appropriate resumes to be the secretary of energy, secretary of agriculture, etc. Almost none of those people are willing to work for our current president. The people who take the jobs are often incompetent or, worse, a lobbyist dismantling an agency for profit.
In short, there are a lot of vital government functions that are either not being done or being done rather poorly or deliberately being sabotaged. Hopefully it won’t catch up to us.
It’s the kind of thing that would be a horrible scandal during a normal presidency, but is barely a blip on the radar these days.
Nice try, seven posts is respectable.
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