Open the Gates!

The first of the baby boomers has finally reached the promised land! Thats right, according to Foxnews.com the first baby boomer has officially filed for social security. That for which we have feared has finally come. The flood has officially begun that will allegedly run Social Security dry. In fact, by 2017 we will be paying out more than we are bringing in. Interestingly enough, a major problem resides in other areas of government. One reason that Social Security could run dry is that other government entities have been borrowing from the Social Security surplus for years. So, when Social Security needs this money back, will they get it? NO!

It seems to me that this is one more problem with the bureaucratic chain. In many cases, when one department shows a substantial surplus, other departments will ask for a piece of it. Mostly because they are under the belief that it's government money, so we should all get a piece of it. This idea is prevalent in most bureaucracies. In fact, you can find the same thing being done all around you. But I digress. The New Deal was a catalyst for our current state of the over-abundance of red tape. Ever since this point we have seen an exponential increase in our government bureaucracy. I've never been one to criticize big government, but I think I've officially had enough. I believe in a strong central government, but I can't advocate our current state of bureaucracy. It is a stale system designed to promote accountability and ease of communication, but, in actuality, it only promotes mediocrity and inhibits communication when it has grown too large.