Is bureaucracy necessary

Answer 1

No absolutely not. America was not always a bureaucracy and it did great back in the 1700's when every part of the government and every government official performed a practical purpose. The Same can be said for the Roman Republic. Bureaucracy is initially somthing that forms when a government grows large enough that ineptness can be overlooked in small amounts. From their it spreads like an infectious cancer throughout a governing body. Then their comes a point where it stops being the exception and becomes the rule. Eventually the Bureaucracy becomes so massive that Democracy suffocates and dies under the weight of its own government. Bureaucracy (government by the deskholders) is a direct development of policies that attempt to establish rigid controls on governmental operations. In attempting to enforce equity, the system becomes too complex to respond promptly, flexibly, and effectively to changing needs among the constituency. This is exacerbated by the appointment or election of incapable employees and managers, or by an over-emphasis on budgetary policies. Governments will almost always promise the voters more than they can reasonably expect to provide.