Councils, Czars, Commissions, Special Assistants Clogging Government and Spending Our Money

When ever DC wants to pose a PR stunt to address the polling problem de jour they start with committees, commissions, councils, etc. They accomplish little if anything, but they give a nice face to the cold hard largeness of the federal government. It's kind of like trying to make a meat cleaver seem like a fine scalpel. It may seem nice, but if it does anything at all, it mangles what ever it strikes.

Most of these window dressings at least look like a window dressing that will pull people in. Look at the list below and ask yourself what is wrong.

“Opportunities their mothers and grandmothers and great grandmothers never dreamed of”

The White House Council on Women and Girls:
The Secretary of State; Hillary Clinton
The Secretary of the Treasury; Tim Geithner
The Secretary of Defense; Robert Gates
The Attorney General; Eric Hilder
The Secretary of Interior; Ken Salazar
The Secretary of Agriculture; Thomas J. Vilsack
The Secretary of Commerce; Gary F. Locke *
The Secretary of Labor; Hilda L. Solis
The Secretary of Health and Human Services; Charles E. Johnson 1
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Shaun L.S. Donovan
The Secretary of Transportation; Raymond L. LaHood
The Secretary of Energy; Steven Chu
The Secretary of Education; Arne Duncan
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs; Eric K. Shinseki
The Secretary of Homeland Security; Janet A. Napolitano
The United States Ambassador to the United Nations; Susan Rice
The United States Trade Representative; Ronald Kirk
The Director of the Office of Management and Budget; Peter R. Orszag
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; Lisa P. Jackson
The Administrator of the Small Business Administration; Darryl Hairston 2
The Director of the Office of Personnel Management; Kathie Ann Whipple 3
The Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors; Christina Romer
The Director of the National Economic Council; Lawrence Summer
The Director of the Domestic Policy Council. Melody C. Barnes

* designate
1 Acting Sec, appointed by George W Bush
2 designate – nominee, Karen Gordon Mills
3 acting director

This is just putting a face on another special interest group to win elections. It is a waste of taxpayer dollars and a waste of government bureaucrat's valuable time.

It is Washington, DC as usual which is at its worst.