Functioning Bureaucracies in the United States

Americans tend to be very critical of the governmental bureaucracies because we consider it a slow and inefficient process of government; mainly due to bureaucracies having no competition, their purposes not being clearly defined, and bureaucratic pathologies.
When we think of bureaucracies, we think of a process that needs to be changed. We have had many presidents that promise the reform of bureaucracies, but many have tried and failed. Within our society we are critical of bureaucracies because we always have the idea that we can get something done faster and more efficiently. …