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Bureaucracy is more people doing less things, and taking more time to do them worse.

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Evan Esar
Age: 95 †
Born: 1899
Born: January 1
Died: 1995
Died: January 1
American Humorist
Humorist
People
Bureaucracy
Worse
Taking
Less
Things
Time

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