Thursday Amanda, there are many advantages as well as issues with bureaucracy. As you mentioned the "bureaucratic red tape" is one of them. However, I also feel like lack of accountability, transparency, and many other things are major issues as well. Edwards (2015) notes tha "one-third of people believe that it gives competent service, and people think that more than half of the tax dollars sent to Washingto are wasted". Edwards (2015) found that the US citizens diminished opinion of the federal government does not come as a surprise giv the multitude of "high-profile failures". "In recent years, scandals have erupted at the Department of Veteran's Affairs, Internal Revenu Service, Secret Service, and other agencies. Federal auditors regularly uncover waste, fraud, and abuse in many departments, and fede projects often have large cost overruns" (Edwards (2015)). References: Edwards, C. (2015). Bureaucratic Failure in the Federal Government. Downsizing the Federal Government. Cato Institute. https://www.downsizinggovernment.org/bureaucratic-failure B.