Giddyup

Eolake Stobblehouse considers the dead horse problem:

Dakota Native American tribal wisdom, passed on from generation to generation, says:

“When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount and get a different horse.”

Governments, he says, employ “more modern strategies,” including:

Buying a stronger whip. …

Appointing a committee to study the horse. …

Lowering the standards so that the dead horse can be included. …

Harnessing several dead horses together to increase speed. …

Providing additional funding and / or training to increase dead horse’s performance. …

Rewriting the expected performance requirements for all horses.

This reminds me of something, but I can’t quite put my finger on it…