Amen. You don't have to go as far as an organization. Get an ad-hoc team together and they'll try perpetuate themselves. It's normal human behavior, and has no

Amen. You don't have to go as far as an organization. Get an ad-hoc team together and they'll try perpetuate themselves. It's normal human behavior, and has nothing to do with the "evils" of bureaucracy. The problem as far government agencies are concerned is the informal corruption that allows for ever increasing amounts of money to flow into those agencies. This is very hard to fight, since it is almost impossible for even the most dedicated and upstanding elected representative to judge if the funds assigned are justified. Surely there is a need for something like the FRA, and surely there should be rules governing the safety of trains? The funding isn't decoupled, but it isn't coupled to something as simple and transparent as a free market. There needs to be active democratic oversight, which is way, way harder.