I do not think that all problems of the Nation can be resolved by the State and the State only. On the contrary, my position is that the State should be involved in life of the people as less as possible, and most importantly, the State should employ as fewer bureaucrats as possible.
However, the reality is that the Nation cannot be preserved, protected and defended from enemies foreign and/or domestic without a strong State. Consequently, the latter cannot operate without Bureaucracies in all three branches of the Government.
The United States have developed a gigantic system of Federal, State and Local Bureaucracies. This bureaucratic structure consists of millions “pen pushers” that fall into three major categories: elected officials, appointed administrators, and so-called “career bureaucrats“.
The smallest part of these U.S. Bureaucracies consisting of more then half a million people who are elected officials. Therefore, they could be accountable to their electorates, and changed, if necessary, by the Will of the People of the United States at local, State and Federal elections.
Another part of U.S. Bureaucracies is formed out of political appointees. They serve at a pleasure of their elected political bosses. Therefore, these bureaucrats are not directly accountable to the People. Although, they could be stripped of their positions when their superiors are voted out of their political offices, or in some cases they could be impeached.
However, the predominant majority of U.S. Bureaucracies on all levels of the Government consists of an uncounted and unaccountable army of “career bureaucrats” - local, State and Federal. They are never elected by anyone and serve either political party, regardless of political and ideological differences. There is no doubt that time has come to rethink the role of U.S. Bureaucracies.
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The truth of the matter is that these constantly growing Bureaucracies concentrate the actual Power of the U.S. Government in their hands. The Power usurped by the “career bureaucrats” in either branch of the U.S. Government indicates an appearance of a “new class” in a society. This new class developed own new culture of - PROFESSIONAL BUREAUCRATS.
The latter with a very few exceptions are interested in nothing, but the Power and grabbing more Power and privileges for themselves. Needless to stress, that extensively growing professional bureaucracies in the United States are an indication of a decay of the State, corruption of the Government, and clear and present danger for a survival of the Nation at a time of the current “crisis of human affairs“.