In the corporate world I had to train new managers how to state a problem, propose a solution, state why and how their plan would solve or improve the situation, and demonstrate the metrics that define “success.”
Look at Headstart. It doesn’t not succeed at doing what they said it would do. Time and again, this is proven. But since there were no metrics, accepted by all sides to define success, there is argument.
No reasonable person would deny improvements to our children’s lives. But, no reasonable person would continue spending money on programs that do not work. Therefore, our Congressional reps are not reasonable people.
Oh, we’re going to find out the real reason for Obamacare when the US Taxpayer money starts flowing to the insurance companies.
In general, if you do not need to deal with the federal government, you just don't. You keep your distance.
But once you work closely with the federal government, and see how they operate, how they approach things, what they think is important -- then you start to see very clearly why we are in a very bad situation.
It's Alice in Wonderland time. Many federal employees have no sense of what the real world is like. They have no need to think about such things. And it shows.