The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from generation to generation, holds that, “When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount.”
However, in government, more advanced strategies are often employed, such as:
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Using a bigger whip.
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Changing riders.
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Appointing a committee to study the horse.
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Arranging to visit other countries to see how other cultures ride dead horses.
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Lowering standards so that dead horses can be included.
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Reclassifying the dead horse as living-impaired.
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Hiring outside contractors to ride the dead horse.
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Harnessing several dead horses together to increase speed.
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Providing additional funding and/or training to increase dead horse’s performance.
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Doing a productivity study to see if lighter riders would improve the dead horse’s performance.
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Declaring that as the dead horse does not have to be fed, it is less costly, carries lower overhead and it therefore contributes substantially more to the bottom line of the economy than do some other horses.
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Redefining the expected performance requirements for all horses.
And of course, last but certainly not least:
- Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position.
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And since I work for a government entity, I can certify that all of that is 100% correct. Especially the last one.