Sentences to ponder

Staff members at dozens of Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals across the country have objected for years to falsified patient appointment schedules and other improper practices, only to be rebuffed, disciplined or even fired after speaking up, according to interviews with current and former staff members and internal documents.

An intrinsic problem with government bureaucracy, or just the result of having the wrong people in charge?  I say the former.  The story is here.