Professor Elam

Tuesday April 6 2010

The Federal Govt has created yet another dept whose avowed purpose is to reduce costs. 

This is too funny, and of course it will not work. There has never been and never will be a new dept that cuts costs. Cost Cutting will only be initiated in the dept that creates the cost, only it can cut the cost. 

And, too funny, the idea that $17 M will cut the cost of a multi trillion dollar operation is like suggesting a dollop of citronella will solve the mosquito problem in Louisiana. 

As Dr. Deming said, let depts and people create their own slogans.