In my perspective it is often expediency; it takes a large and sustained effort to redirect a civil service as large as the US, kind of like trying to steer a 4

In my perspective it is often expediency; it takes a large and sustained effort to redirect a civil service as large as the US, kind of like trying to steer a 400m long container vessel. Here's a look at one of the most extreme bureaucracies the world ever produced, it is the result of expediency and unchecked power combined with ideology over evidence; http://www.galorebot.com/bureaucracy/essay.htm http://www.galorebot.com/bureaucracy/essay.htm Keeping such large organisations in check requires the fortitude to keep hitting your head against a brick wall while also remaining sharp minded and sane; all the while making progress.