Show J Nothing For Something hey Ilcy Mr l Taxpayer do you have any idea iden how much your Uncle Sam spends for advice every year You dont don't Well that's not surprising for Uncle doesn't know either cither lIe He tried to find out by sending questionnaires to all nil his various departments bureaus and agencies lIe He got quite a alist list some advisory committees and commissions commissions commis commis- but an nn accurate count seemed impossible One department first reported it had advisory committees commit tees then it said the figure should be but another check revealed and they're still counting No one really knows what this costs the American tax tax- payer But ut the survey did show that 1800 of the advisory bodies employ some people and it costs 75 million a n year to maintain them That's not counting the cost of or so inter agency committees and or more advisory advisory ad nd groups of various kinds The investigation showed some committees have staff starr but no members At least 50 hn hadn't nt met for two years or more More l than didn't even bother to answer the query And it was discovered that there are arc committees to advise committees Well heres here's a n bit of free advice Dear Congress kill off every committee that isn't performing an nn essential service |