"Do you know what your average Chinese would give to have a capital like Washington today, with its reasonably honest and efficient bureaucracy? Do you know how unreasonable we are in the world that we don't have to pay off bureaucrats to get the simplest permit issued?"(Wheelan 297).
This quote struck me as interesting because in government one day we were asked about our impressions of the Government of the United States. Many of us (including me) said that we always hear people complaining or are complaining about how we rule our country. But after reading this chapter, I have a new perspective on everything. This quote truly summed up the chapter in saying that we are so lucky to have a government and bueaucracy that we can trust and depend upon. Yes, the majority of us may be rich, but it is also very nice that we have a great government behind us.
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