Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Goof-krap..... Date:   11/15/2016 9:04:23 PM

It's the nature of government to go so far in one direction, only to have a crisis and then knee jerk back in the other direction.  Anything done by knee jerk and without thought, it's going to create another disaster. 

As to what happened with you and the appointment, it would appear that they decided to go with a political appointment, rather than what was needed.  That is another thing with government - they have this idea that getting "fresh eyes" on the problem is somehow better than getting someone who knows someone. Spent a lot of time working with Political Appointees and it is almost always the same.  It becomes exhausting trying to teach them what they should know and that there is a reason why their solution won't work.  If it did, it would have already been done.  Then they decide that they need to leave and go out and make "some real money".