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What is the point of this agency?

The National Transportation Safety Board has no authority to implement the recommendations they give. If they have no authority, what is the point of having them? If they can only ask politely that older planes and unsafe trains be taken out of service, why do we continue funding them? Why do we have an agency, that investigates our safety in travel, that has no power? What is the point? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_go_ot/us_ignored_warnings

Public Comments

1. You can't really judge a government agency by one article
2. Because they are public employee union members, and everyone working for the government votes for democrats, and every labor union gives big money to the democrat party. We could eliminate 75% of the government if Wal-Mart was in charge. Like that commercial, what if film crews ran things? Well what if Wal-Mart ran government?
3. Washington. They need 'agencies' to give OUR money to, so that they feel they are doing something.
4. It's like the Dept of Energy. What do they produce? Nothing. But they sure cost us alot.
5. like most government agencies, there true purpose is to provide do nothing, paper pushing jobs with union wages to incompetent, affirmative action hacks, that can't make it in the private sector.
6. The NTSB's sole responsibility is to investigate and make recommendations. It is up to other agencies to carry out the recommendations such as the FAA with airplane travel or the DOT for trains and cars. The problem is that there are two many government agencies each with its own specialty and none of them listen to the others. It is a perfect example of why we need smaller government.