Washington D.C.! One of the reasons I stopped doing consulting for the government was that EVERYTHING goes thru committee and most people are paid to CREATE dead horses!

The rationale for those who continue making money on the practice is generally, "If I don't do it, someone else will."

Personally, at the end of my days, I want to see my life flash before me and at least smile and feel satisfied that I contributed to mankind's betterment in some small way, and not that I increased the "dead horse" graveyard:-)

BTW, this is not an indictment of government employees - many are fighting hard to overturn the dead horse obstacles, but it's a tough row to hoe.

Great post, Richard.

Bob