"Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us."
- P. J. O'RourkeAmerican journalist and satirist P. J. O'Rourke is well-known for his astute observations on society and politics. The relationship between government officials who make decisions and the bureaucrats who carry them out is encapsulated in one of his well-known quotes. Consider the government to be a …