Our Government Rulzz . . . Not

Last week, the U.S. Senate passed legislation to privatize the Senate Dining Room. It lost $2 million last year because it sucked. For example, only 20 new items have been introduced in the past 10 years. When sushi was added to menu last year, people acted as if Mr. Sasabune had set up shop. So hard does it suck that Senate staffers would rather haul their asses to the House side cafeteria basement than eat on “their own side” of the building.

For some reason, this “privatize legislation” is always the solution to government problems. Why is it that the solution to “this sucks and we’re losing money” always, let someone else deal with the problem? Moreover, why the hell does the Senate even need to pass LEGISLATION to get this done?

We literally need an act of Congress to make this dining room stop sucking.

What should have been done is to put someone with skillz in charge, make him change the menu a lot, and don’t give his ass job security—like he would have at any other restaurant. Sometimes the best way to get results is to put a guy’s ass to the fire.

Alas, part of that legislation were guarantees that the current workers would keep their jobs. Sigh.