There are many reasons why the Soviet Union collapsed, but two words would suffice to explain it: centralized planning. Here's how bureaucrats plan in the USA:
After five years of planning and a $1 billion construction project, a gleaming new Defense Department facility sits atop a hill alongside I-395. The hulking 1.4 million-square-foot landmark will be the new headquarters of the military's Washington operations.
By next September, the department must relocate 6,400 civilian, military and contractor personnel to the facility — equivalent to more than a quarter of the Pentagon's staff — in a move driven by the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission.
Only problem is, the plan won't work, according to many experts. There is no agreed-upon way for that many people to get to the building, no place to put all their cars, no nearby Metro or rail station.
Virtually all studies done so far show that surrounding roads — even after planned expansions are completed — cannot accommodate the traffic expected to stream in and out of the Mark Center facility each day.
No worries; leftist Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) has stepped in to help:
Moran authored a provision in the House-passed 2011 Defense authorization bill that would limit parking spaces at the new facility to 1,000 — effectively choking plans to fully open the building — until a viable transportation plan is hatched that all parties can agree on.
That is, the headquarters will remain mostly empty while bureaucrats squabble indefinitely.
Fortunately it doesn't matter whether the $1 billion complex is ever used. The important thing is to spend money, thus stimulating the economy according to the perverse Keynesian faith of our Democrat rulers. The Manchurian Moonbat explains stimulus spending:
So then you get the argument, well, this is not a stimulus bill, this is a spending bill. What do you think a stimulus is? (Laughter and applause.) That's the whole point. No, seriously. (Laughter.) That's the point. (Applause.)
The next federal project: a bucket brigade to put the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean. Think how many it will employ!
On tips from Leslie and Steve. Hat tip: Stop the ACLU.
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