April 30, 2008 2:35PM 

# Bureaucracy at Work 

By [Neal McCluskey](https://www.cato.org/people/neal-mccluskey) 

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Have you ever wondered why people marvel at the stupidity of bureaucracy? [Read this ](http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/514907.html)if you have, and then ask yourself, is there no rainy-day fund from which the 4th largest school district in the country could pull a single dollar? Or couldn’t the district just budget the money and save it for the next year if it goes unused? Aren’t either of these almost-no-cost options worth the chance of saving $119,999?

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