Define Useless and wasteful.

If the government can afford to do away with 175 agencies, then how many are there in total?
How many of the total remaining government agencies are actually doing something useful/necessary?

Nobody can waste money quite like a government.

Definition of "useless" - bureaucrats

Definition of "wasteful" - bureaucrats

Of course, we've not even scratched the surface when it comes to consultancy fees and how useless and wasteful they might be.

And, not to mention agency self-promotion with advertising and printed publications heralding their own success and achievement....useless and wasteful.

Don't forget consultants, advisers, committees, review boards...

Multiply all this with three tiers of government, Federal, State, local and that comes to a lot of snouts feeding at the trough at the public expense.


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-13/myefo-government-agencies-face-axe-as-budget-deficit-worsens/5965120