Controlling Bureaucracies: Crash Course Government and Politics #17

In which Craig Benzine tells you how we keep bureaucracy in check. So we've spent the last few episodes telling you all about what bureaucracies are and why they are formed. And throughout we've hinted about this ever-expanding power within the executive branch. So today, we're going to finish our discussion of bureaucracy by looking at methods the other branches of government use to manage this power. From watch-dog organizations to reporting requirements there has been quite a bit of legislation passed aimed at taming the bureaucracy.
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[@emmagray125]

totally not cramming for AP gov exam tomorrow

[@carolinesimmons6743]

Me today

[@ChristianAkacro]

TWO eagle punches! We musta done something special.

[@smilingfoxmedia1951]

"Like, who would oversee America's failing schools without the Department of Education?"

[@bingo784]

You know what, I'm starting to think that Craigs rude behavior towards the eagle stems from a deep-seated childhood trauma involving them. Craig, tell me, where did the eagles touch you?

[@BookDragon6660]

Bunkhead crash course physiology at its finest.

[@bennorris9266]

Hey, for future reference, I know you want your videos to be brief but it would be helpful if after you put text on the screen to leave the full text up for just one second so it can be paused and recorded by viewers

[@arriarriarri]

Right!?

[@tiffanyxue3085]

@@arriarriarri Y'all, use closed captions.

[@arriarriarri]

Apathetic Angel that was a year ago aha 🗿🗿

[@tiffanyxue3085]

@@arriarriarri Yeah, but it was just for future reference lol

[@mholber]

i like when he punches the eagle

[@nelynyc]

That bird gets everything it deserves.

[@nolanthiessen1073]

Oooo.... mentions of externalities! *sustainable development major fangirling*

[@FalknerKnight]

"Sex: Not right now" LOL

[@Qermaq]

The real reason former Army activities were privatized was to free up personnel for other purposes without expanding the number of troops.

[@fenrirthewolf5417]

Qermaq Its also to reduce the amount of military casualties. Driving a truck is the most dangerous job in Iraq and Afghanistan. An no one cares when a bunch of mercenaries are killed.

[@Morec0]

Fenrirthewolf Except Deadpool. Of course, he just kinda cheers because it makes more money for him.

[@Taospark]

Qermaq Not really, the stated reason wasn't personnel but a (now definitely mistaken) bias held by the more political DoD under Donald Rumsfeld that a "leaner and meaner" military was needed. Corruption played a huge role as he, former Vice President Cheney, and other key officials were linked to defense firms who wanted more taxpayer revenue. However, it was a near complete flop as the contractors cut corners far more than the military did leading to the electrocution deaths of dozens of US service members due to sub-standard wiring, price gouged by furnishing non-functioning trucks for mail service then billing by the trip after putting one bag of mail on an 18 wheeler through hostile territory.

[@warfjm]

I'd equate trying to control a bureaucracy akin to trying to tame the Lernaean Hydra.

[@Daniel.Liddicoat]

I work for a company that performs tasks for a government department, employing the people who worked for that department until the work they performed was outsourced. The tasks we perform still go to tender, but our company win most contracts because we have the most experienced personnel. Those would be the people who were doing the same job when directly employed by the government. We have a virtual monopoly and I like my job, hence the general terminology. Privatization is good if there is a competitive market to do the job of the beaurocracy. Otherwise you have the monopoly thing I just mentioned.

[@coreykaiser3128]

I spit my water out laughing when it cut to him saying "I said social security a lot". I miss John's humor on World History, but I think Craig has him beat. I'm gonna go head to Patreon now

[@munishachauhan5910]

I love your style man!

[@TalkswithMellow]

You ever go to look up the definition of a word, and a word within the definition leads you to look up another definition to understand the initial definition you were looking for? That is me while watching some of these crash course government videos. I wanted to understand bureaucracies but had to stop the video several times to look up other words like constituents.

[@Moonlitwatersofaqua]

It is so true, us Americans HATE taxes with a passion.

[@zedek_]

Moonlitwatersofaqua Especially red states, most of which are taking way more aid from the Federal government than they contribute in tax revenue. So I suppose it's better to say that they love taxes when blue states are paying them for the red states. Well, at least Texas and a few others are pulling their weight. Looking at you _Georgia_...

[@Moonlitwatersofaqua]

Zedek lol. Most states really are not financially independent. This is a bit off topic but I am always amused how people will complain about how the federal government has such a large deficit and should be like the states who have balanced budgets. Most of those balanced budget states receive a ton of money from the federal government so they really are not balanced at all.

[@zedek_]

Moonlitwatersofaqua Yeap, it's ridiculous.

[@Moonlitwatersofaqua]

Zedek Regardless, taxes suck. But they are the only thing certain in life, outside of death.

[@zedek_]

Moonlitwatersofaqua I do not agree with that sentiment.

[@lainadelgado886]

this just saved my grade thank you

[@zachstoddard2053]

CrashCourse it would be really incredible to have a music theory series. And maybe also environmentalism and sustainability.

[@Roxor128]

I wonder what time you upload your stuff, given it's 10:23 (I refuse to use 12-hour notation) here in eastern Australia and this only showed up in my inbox a couple of minutes ago.

[@sad_doggo2504]

I can't believe I'm just now finding this series. Also, I think I find bureaucracies kind of fascinating 😅

[@Pow3llMorgan]

Does anybody else's skin crawl when they hear 'Private military contractors'?

[@kasnitch]

Povl Besser I immediately translate Private military contractor to highly paid psychopath being given weapons, explosives and a license to kill and kill again.

[@Pow3llMorgan]

kasnitch I think about the entire armies that were solely comprised of mercenaries, who would be hired to war for counts, kings and generals during the middle ages. Soldiers of fortune. It irks me they are still in use.

[@stenbak88]

I love the military, business, and freedom just as much as the next American but YES private military should be illegal. Murdering people even in war should be a country's responsibility not a company

[@josephfox9221]

stenbak88 but they have existed longer than well... most nations.

[@SpeakShibboleth]

I was a private military contractor for two years. I fixed the engine and fuel systems on f/a-18 Hornets. We're not psychopaths, we're just filling a need.

[@Beginnerss]

i see what you did there in the Wheezy-Vision. Clever.

[@walbert3294]

Lol, keeping Canada cold!

[@dagamerking]

When we, or you are done covering the American government could you release a video that explains some of the workimg in other governments?

[@tsmith5639]

Wait, I'm not sure if improved service and lower prices through deregulation of airlines was mean sarcastically or not...

[@nonmagicmike723]

Prices did fall a lot since the liberalization of airlines of the '70s. That's why fifty years ago, only the wealthiest could afford air travel, whereas today almost everyone can at least once in his life.

[@ImperatorZor]

WE NEED MORE BUREAUCRACY!

[@Tryo707]

Hooray for double eagle punch!

[@robinmoussa9181]

I just turned in an essay on this topic about three hours ago. O_o I really wish this had been uploaded before then. But anyway, great video.

[@animalia5554]

What about merging redundant bureaucracies?

[@therongjr]

Craig, when you say "Wait for it," I expect it to be followed by a Mongol-tage!

[@gijsklaassen8851]

I want a dvd of every thoughtbubble scene of every cc episode 0.O

[@JJcDAmAn1]

I wonder if we'll touch upon bureaucratic inertia..

[@shannonrandhawa]

I love this host. hilarious

[@shaaumiga1]

Can you do: development gap Population change e.g ageing population, DTM, China etc And tourism If you do any of these I will be grateful as my exam is on 3rd of June so if possible can you do a video before so

[@TheFireflyGrave]

What ever would we do without the Office of Climate Denialism?

[@Drchainsaw77]

TheFireflyGrave You would have wind farms everywhere and electricity prices 20x higher.

[@rosagibson6570]

Drchainsaw77 You would probably have a lot more research for things like Nuclear Fusion, Better Solar Arrays, etc... too.

[@Drchainsaw77]

Nuclear fusion? Hardly. We haven't built a new nuclear anything since 1976 because the permit process is too ridiculous. Get that out of the way if you want inexpensive energy.

[@rosagibson6570]

Drchainsaw77 I wasn't necessarily talking about inexpensive stuff. I was just saying there is a possibility for people to agree to more taxes for more research. Never said anything about the implication of the technology.

[@Jay-629]

Dr Chain Saw... Plant Vogtle in Georgia is a new nuclear power plant. You’re welcome for the example :-)

[@trashpanda5947]

There is only one book you need on Bureaucracies. "Bureaucracy" by Ludvig von Mises

[@jillianwalkker77]

So who is actually in charge in spending? Who divides the money to the federal Bureaucracies and who manages the money in state Bureaucracies?

[@howlismawifey4365]

I’m so not cramming for my AP gov test. And yes it’s in 2 hours.

[@samon53]

I'm quite a fan of bureaucracies.

[@chaewonsong1225]

hello, I'm korean. I'm working at Korea trade business. I really sorry . can you help me?? I want to know where is pomegranate farm and how to connect them for importation can you tell me?? please..

[@deadeaded]

I will never understand why people think turning bureaucracies into an unaccountable profit seeking entities is a good thing. "I don't like this, so I will make it worse! Problem solved."

[@chrisc1140]

deadeaded It's because a for-profit agency has more of an incentive to work to be more efficient. Granted, whether the increase in efficiency outweighs the added cost and loss of oversight is debatable.

[@KoboldCommando]

deadeaded Along similar lines, it baffles me how much people personify bureaucracies and corporations. They see them doing something and say "oh gosh how evil, why do they do that, don't they feel bad about themselves?" Well, no, nobody in that system is accountable, they're all simply doing their individual jobs. The "evil" acts are an inevitability of profit analysis and accountability to shareholders, which is why we need these kinds of restrictions and controls on corporations if we don't want them to run away. Even if you're one of the people who worship the concept of laissez faire economies, I don't see how you can't recognize the need for some amount of structure to control them, however small. And yeah I'm mixing bureaucracies and corporations, but I think the two can be viewed and described in very similar ways.

[@Drchainsaw77]

deadeaded Because if you don't like the way a for-profit entity does things, (a) they can't turn to force to achieve their objectives, and (b) you can turn to their competitors to try to get what you want. A bureaucracy, on the other hand, has you held by the short-and-curlies. It has no competitors, it is funded by money it takes from you by force, it can force you to deal with it, and you have no control over its activities because your elected officials put it on auto-pilot.

[@deadeaded]

Drchainsaw77 (a) That's not a bad thing. I don't want a regulatory system based on voluntary compliance. (b) That's more or less a myth these days. Monopolies are common.

[@deadeaded]

CMDR White Haven The incentive to make money is not in one-to-one correlation with efficiency. I wish people would stop conflating the two.

[@rhileyjones641]

Ahhh Craig, what would I do without you?!?!?!?

[@jakelovescinema]

did you know craig is head chairman of the illuminati's division of transportation

[@garvmehdiratta8898]

4:22 S. Fransoyko = San Francisco + Tokyo? Lol

[@VideoNozoki]

The bald eagle is a **sacred bird** in some North American cultures, and its feathers, like those of the golden eagle, are central to many religious and spiritual customs among Native Americans. Eagles are considered spiritual messengers between gods and humans by some cultures. Many pow wow dancers use the eagle claw as part of their regalia as well. Eagle feathers are often used in traditional ceremonies, particularly in the construction of regalia worn and as a part of fans, bustles and head dresses. In the Navajo Tradition an Eagle feather is represented to be a Protector, along with the Feather Navajo Medicine Man use the leg and wing bones for ceremonial whistles. The Lakota, for instance, give an eagle feather as a symbol of honor to person who achieves a task. In modern times, it may be given on an event such as a graduation from college. The Pawnee considered eagles as symbols of fertility because their nests are built high off the ground and because they fiercely protect their young. The Choctaw considered the bald eagle, who has direct contact with the upper world of the sun, as a symbol of peace.

[@ooraseal1]

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[@commmander64]

Whoa whoa. Public transportation is a necessary for a functioning nation! And healthy foods are the equivalent to bread and butter for our bodies! Am I really the only American that does not take those things (among fair order and democratic freedoms) for granted?

[@MrBruh2023]

4:28 Tugs on neck collar

[@williambilyeu9801]

Thousands of loyalty and security risks were fired during the 1950s and many of them were in the Army.

[@nestorgardner841]

Does anyone else notice he mentions 3 things that are "the absolute best ways" to limit bureaucracy's?

[@jonasjiller]

Technically, punching the eagle after it's already set up on the desk would be after-the-fact controlling of its role in the episode, right?

[@emilyroy2722]

I wonder what he'll do when the eagle breaks...

[@zacharybahar5790]

Craig, will you do an episode on socialism/communism??

[@MrThepatrickshow]

I'm not sure, but I think Stan Lee made a cameo in this episode.

[@gwen8841]

He cameos in everything...ever. All of it. Yep. (Trust me, I'm a dolphin)

[@EvelynDayless]

quinten vandereviere as a whale biologist I can confirm this.

[@imperatorodaenathus9329]

RIP

[@zantrua]

Bureaucracies can only be "controlled" by removing them. Anything less is just delaying the inevitable.

[@kam36O3]

Craig punching the eagle is his way of exercising his right to symbolic speech as protected in the Supreme Court case Tinker vs. Des Moines (I think)

[@Minty1337]

whoo hooo under 301 club!

[@guythatcomments]

down with the dea atf nsa and dhs

[@AlanmanAaron]

Ok, seriously Stan, how many of Craig's jokes are actually in the script?

[@FT029]

3:48 "SEX: NOT RIGHT NOW"

[@alexfido2935]

The Bush era was just SO BAD for the Republicans. I am a conservative Briton, and I guess I would vote Republican if I lived in the states. But the Bush era left the republicans with NO credible senior party members that could potentially stand for election, after the defeat of John McCain. Furthermore, Bush was a "conservative" that DIDN'T shrink the government or try to reduce or inhibit bureaucracies, put the country in a TONNE of debt, for no good reason, didn't reduce spending in any departments, didn't reduce taxes, and basically carried out no useful "traditional" conservative policies. He did increase military spending which sent the US from being the biggest spender on military to the biggest spender on military, and blocked stem cell research because it "offended God". I just... However his Dad, George H.W. Bush was just the best guy ever. Weird.

[@departed402]

Alex Fido I'm in the same boat, but from the US. I wasn't old enough to vote for W. Bush at the time. While W. is definitely not the sort of Republican I would vote for today, I would contend he was still a better President that Gore or Kerry would have been. Here's a campaign promise I want to hear: If elected, I promise to leave you alone, and adhere to the Constitution.

[@alexfido2935]

It's a very sad state of affairs for the republican party at the moment, because the only really famous guy still in a job is probably Newt Gingrich, but that's only because he was speaker of the house back in the 1990s. It's so depressing. Of course the one thing that they have on their side now is basically to claim that they can fix the economy, like the Conservatives in this country did, although with Bush's legacy that would be difficult to prove, and they can also claim actually create an efficient government.

[@animesoul167]

I'm watching this series in 2018. Do you think it's gotten better or worse?

[@duellingdescartes7950]

Craig, we also hate the DMV.

[@manbob15]

Why was there a illuminati elephant sign?

[@JosephGEvans]

"...who would oversee America's failing schools without the Department of Education?" LOL, slipped that one in there. :)

[@fennecfoxfanatic]

I see what you did there with the red tape c:;

[@AvielMenter]

Devolution of regulation turns out to be a very bad idea; the smaller a regulatory agency is, the easier it is for it to be captured. Devolved agencies end up essentially powerless in the face of lobbyists.

[@KaosFireMaker]

+Aviel Menter in some cases, thats the idea.

[@randomperson-ze4bp]

his jokes are really funny

[@randomperson-ze4bp]

well some ..

[@GC-fo4uh]

Beating the Eagle is too violent.

[@joshbobst1629]

Craig says it almost never happens that Congress has terminated bureaucracies. Does that mean it has happened? Examples, please?

[@stevenjlovelace]

Josh Bobst The Works Progress Administration. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration

[@joshbobst1629]

Steve Lovelace Good information. Thanks. Was that the only one?

[@stevenjlovelace]

Josh Bobst There have been many bureaucracies terminated throughout the years. One of the most prominent was the Freedman's Bureau, which helped former slaves rebuild their lives after the Civil War. It was a good idea that was cut toward the end of Reconstruction. There was also the Manhattan Project, along with dozens of other Depression and World War II agencies. Then there are agencies that are just out of date, like the Steamboat Inspection Service. The list goes on and on. Here are some more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Defunct_agencies_of_the_United_States_government

[@EugeneHerbsman]

My roommate referenced Craig as "the guy with the mustache". what do I do?

[@Lildrummerboy714]

Privatization vs. Federally Mandated GO !!!

[@audreynguyen6111]

Bureaucrat Jimmy looks like Kevin Malone

[@TN-xx4ih]

Beaurocracies have grown since the new deal but before the Wall Street crash America was quite fine economically and didn't really get involved internationally in a controversies before WW1. Why not revert back to those times in terms of government control

[@chrisrus1965]

Every time you punch the eagle, you make the Spirit of America sad.

[@wolfenstien13]

Don't punch Larry the legal Eagle.

[@ju44_0]

Under 300 club!

[@davidkimlive]

Gotta write a... wait, I have to write a cost-benefit report to ICC? (Internet Comment Commission) and I have to go to the hearing as well? Wait, they defunded my keyboard and sold my computer to the state which sold it to Halliburton!? Well, the program has been terminated. So, I can't write comment in this video.

[@EveryDaySkinnyGuy]

What's good and bad about privatization?

[@User9r682]

JerryTheSpartan Well, privatising things makes them run with greater efficiency because private sector workers are more performance driven. (its generally easier to lose your job in a corporation than a government department) However private operators work for a profit, so privatisation could potentially make whatever service the company is responsible for more expensive. A good example of this is the privatisation of water and electricity providers in eastern Australia, which lead to significantly higher household electricity and water bills.

[@Ral9284]

JerryTheSpartan Also that the State can tax private companies and impose regulations that'll make services expensive. When the government privatizes something is because it needs more taxes, instead of giving them a way to a bureaucracy.

[@SchiferlED]

***** It's hard to call taxes paid for water to be "stolen" money when every person needs water... That also leads the the fact that a private business can raise the price on water to unreasonable amounts because the demand is extremely inelastic. Competition will not keep the prices down because perfect competition is never feasibly possible due to high market entry costs and local monopolies (ISPs in the US are a perfect example of this). Privatization is only beneficial to society when the service/good in question is not a necessity for basic living or a significant public benefit (education and infrastructure, for example).

[@Ral9284]

Monopolies couldn't exist if there were no laws that allow them to exist. Laws are written down by the government, not in the capitalist market. Laws can be pushed to benefit a corporation to outrun its competitors. Subsidies are an example to do so. The capitalist market doesn't have that power to write and apply the law, only the government does.

[@therrydicule]

Ral Crux Capitalist market could not exist if they were no laws, so the argument is a bit flat.

[@jameskalevra1387]

Wasn't McCarthy largely right about his accusations?

[@freshely9309]

politics works in a weird way, say, don't hate the game hate the player

[@MrLittelmerciles]

EAGLE PAAUNCH

[@mugen6969]

Can egovernance throw out the all problem of political economical? If everyone connected employment to production consumption problem be🚬

[@davidtimothy7319]

Manda Mind We need a new federal agency to regulate it

[@joshbobst1629]

There's quite a bit of chin rubbing going on in that photo of the Obama administration.

[@SpeakShibboleth]

It's how you know they're "thinking"

[@SpeakShibboleth]

***** I thought that breathing was the giveaway for lying.

[@coolslayer3395]

More punches=more money and likes

[@surelychoo]

well, the best known congressional hearings these days would probably be the Jan 6th ones, eh?

[@clar_ssa]

but can we name the eagle...

[@LesOubliesQuebec]

Your voice is better then john green this voice is terribad im happy now that other make crash course episode

[@1slotmech]

Craig, pick on an eagle your own size, why don't you?

[@hungrycatproductions1393]

That would be one scary big eagle.

[@bradencuttler4806]

+CrashCourse, don't you think it's biased to say that "there's nothing that Americans hate more than taxes"? I believe that most Americans don't appreciate taxes and how much they do for us (like pay for all the agencies you explained in this episode and the last), and some people just say they hate taxes without considering their benefits. Shouldn't we be trying to alleviate this misconception that taxes are all bad, with no good? After all, some Americans do appreciate taxes. I know it's hard to maintain objectivity, and I'm biased, too. But I was surprised that you opened with that line as a joke when it's a really severe controversy and you're teaching impressionable teenagers.

[@RandyLahey21991]

Seriously... What's with all the eagle punching?

[@jasongibson1225]

So basically, Congressmen will talk up eliminating bureaucracies, but not actually do it because then nobody would complain about it anymore then? Least in theory? Huh. Neat and manipulative. The treatment is more profitable than the cure.

[@briannahoff8589]

Ughh, people. So annoying. It would be so much easier without people!

[@Mattsashl09]

Craig's Accent Sounds Like "Beeraucracies" am I the only one hear'in that? And the whole punching the Eagle isn't a functional thing for the show I would stop it as a producer....

[@Ral9284]

People is addicted to bureaucracies, same as a smoker to cigarettes. The fist cigarette might not kill you neither the last one but all of them had something to do with that emphysema you suffer now. *You basically are paying bureaucracies with your taxes to solve problems that they create?*

[@Drchainsaw77]

Ral Crux Bureaucracies are formed to deal with problems. If a problem goes away, the bureaucracy does, too. Therefore, there are no problems solved, just more created, in order that more bureaucracies staffed with unionized government employees making contributions to Democrats continue to be created. As far as the addiction, it exists only inasmuch as people think governments can solve problems. When they manifestly refuse to even defend their own borders, they won't do anything else well.

[@Ral9284]

No government can solve any problem.

[@thepiperreport8198]

You realize that eagle could sue you for workplace harassment, right? Especially now in this politically correct world

[@mmbtyy7650]

Im lost

[@MickeyCastro]

I'm always losing focus like 6 minutes into Crash Course! They should really slow down with the information.. Or they can keep it the same pace, while adding some opinion to make it more engaging..

[@inkajoo]

i think eagles are as stupid as the next guy but stop punching itttttttttttt dahhhhhh

[@freesk8]

Wait, this was produced in association with PBS.... a government bureaucracy.... I say we privatize a LOT more.

[@BiPaganMan]

freesk8 PBS isn't a government bureaucracy " PBS is a private, nonprofit corporation, founded in 1969, whose members are America’s public TV stations -- noncommercial, educational licensees that operate more than 350 PBS member stations and serve all 50 states, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and American Samoa." www.pbs.org/about/corporate-information/

[@freesk8]

BiPaganMan The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, CPB, gets nearly all of its funding from a $225 million per year appropriation from the federal govt. It doles this money out to PBS member stations, who then pay PBS fees for producing content like the video we have been watching above. These fees are a significant share of PBS's overall revenue. So, to call PBS private is a bit of a stretch. All I am doing is pointing out a potential conflict of interest here. Just like oil companies funding anti-climate change research. After we bring all of the troops home, and while we are ending all other corporate subsidies, I say we eliminate the subsidy to PBS that comes in via the CPB. I'll bet PBS will be even stronger and more independent as a result.

[@Taospark]

freesk8 Except PBS has demonstrated its value for decades and has passed multiple audits on its alleged bias.

[@freesk8]

Plowbeast I'm a libertarian. Socially liberal, anti-war, pro free-market. I listen to NPR and Rush Limbaugh and Glen Beck. Let me tell you, Rush and Beck are on the right. NPR is on the left.

[@Taospark]

freesk8 Fair enough, but I was referring to PBS itself not NPR (which is still fairly respected given how it does its stories). CrashCourse is also partially owned by the vlogbrothers, John and Hank Green, who are at best center-left and have a fair amount of dedication towards doing quality verifiable stuff.

[@betasoft9960]

dude can we talk about how scary crashcourse made pollution look?

[@justinrahn4788]

notice the climate denial dial