Seemingly minor annoyances outweigh monumental accomplishments

Much can be made of the successful passage of the stimulus package,
the healthcare bill and the financial reform bill. It is the folly of
human nature to let seemingly minor annoyances outweigh such
monumental accomplishments.

Good government means good management. The Department of Agriculture
fails to deal honestly with the facts. It discharged an employee
without sufficient facts. It fails dairy farmers in the face of clear
facts (The congressional district in New York state is mostly
Republican dairy farmers who elected a Democrat out of desperation.).
The facts show that unnecessary subsidies to corn farmers lowers the
cost of sweetened drinks compared the rising cost of milk. The facts
show that the plight of hog farmers is unfavorable. While your Chief
of Staff doesn’t care, your Secretary of Agriculture should.

Good management means accountability of the Secretary of the Treasury.
The 2008 recession was blamed on securitized mortgages. Tarp was
passed to address the losses resulting from lowered housing values.
The Secretary of the Treasury used bait and switch and applied Tarp
funds to many other purposes but less than 5% to the intended purpose.
The housing market has yet to recover yet so much money was budgeted
for it.

Of all places where honest dealing of facts is important is in the
Department of Justice. The failure of the prosecution to present a
case to the courts in the Blackwater affair means that society never
gets to see the facts. The government has detained and tortured
people at Guantanamo. The government promised to close the chapter of
American history but not fails to keep its promise. The failure to do
the right thing in face of the known facts is a failure of management.

It is the folly of human nature to let seemingly minor annoyances
outweigh such monumental accomplishments.

I told you so.