In today's column, Paul Krugman of the NY Times raises the possibility that other important government agencies may be as ineffective as FEMA has shown itself to be over these past two weeks. He lists as possible losers: EPA, FDA, CPB, Treasury and DHS. Clearly, over the past five plus years none of these agencies has demonstrated a talent for making government work for the people.
Krugman may have something as, by and large, Bush's appointments seem to have been much more ideologically based than those of previous administrations, be they Republican or Democrat. Appointing ideologues need not always be a bad thing. The problem with this administration is that talent does not seem to be a very important criterion in choosing people.
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