The DoE Twins

 

 

"The results coming from the Department of Energy are as goofy as the guy who runs it..."

Thirty years ago, Ronald Reagan said we should get rid of some cabinet posts which are just a waste of space and money. Two of those posts were Education and Energy, or as some call them, the DoE twins. Why are they twins? Because one is just as useless as the other. Just sink holes for money to flow into, with nothing coming out. They are the twin "black holes" of government.

These two departments cost an enormous amount of money every year. How much? Between the two of them, about $90B for the current fiscal year. Both of them were founded in 1979 under the direction of our second worst President. They have produced nothing of significance since then. Even though I was not able to get exactly how much we have spent on these two behemoths since the get go, I estimate it to be well over $1T, maybe closer to $2B.

If we had used that money on infrastructure instead, where would we be right now? First off, yesterdays paper had yet another article about how we are in danger of losing our electric grid due to an EMP event. This time they addressed a major solar storm, which some scientists think we are due for. It is estimated it would cost $300B to upgrade our grid and make it immune from EMP, either natural or man made. That is but a fraction of what we have spent on the DoE twins.

Our pipelines need to be expanded and upgraded. The water mains in many of our cities are a century old. Our bridges need to be repaired or replaced. Our highway system needs to be expanded to reduced traffic congestion. All of these are viable expenditures to spend taxpayer money on. Everyone benefits. The DoE twins on the other hand, produce nothing tangible.

Some on the Left are criticizing Rand Paul for calling out the Department of Education recently. He said their funding should be cut by over 80%. I disagree slightly with Dr. Paul on this one - I think 100% would be more like it. The Left called Dr. Paul a "nut job" for his remarks concerning this vast wasteland of government spending. Really?

No, we will just continue on with the status quo. Pour good money after bad into these two money pits. Our infrastructure will continue to crumble, but who cares? Bridges will fall, people will die. When the EMP event happens, and our decades old electric grid fails, the once great United States of America will become nothing but a Third World nation, just trying to survive.