Once upon a time, there was a problem. It was a big problem to the people who were bothered by it.
So, a few of the people took their problem to the government, hoping for them to fix it. A meeting was scheduled and there was hope that the problem would soon be rectified.
As the government studied the problem, they came to the conclusion that it was indeed a problem and that something had to be done. They brought it up at the next council meeting, and they too agreed that it was a big problem. So a vote was taken and they decided to form a committee to study the problem.
Of course, the committee would need resources. So, they had another meeting to decide on the resources they would need. The first thing they discovered was that they would need a committee to decide what resources they were going to need. The first thing they would need was a budget for the new committee.
At the next council meeting, they presented their case. They explained how the problem was much bigger than they originally suspected, and that the funding for the problem committee was urgent. The council voted and they decided to fund the committee, but told them that their budget was limited, as it was, after all, money taken from the tax payers and they were responsible to them. It was agreed to fund the committee with $1,000,000 per year, but they warned that they had better come up with the solution to the problem or the committee would be dissolved.
With a budget now in place, the committee got to work. At first they met in a board room in the government offices, but it was quickly determined that it was too small and that they didn’t have the man power needed to effectively deal with the problem. So, they went to the council and informed them that their budget was too small, since they needed more people and more room. The council agreed and increased their budget in order to help them solve the problem.
A new building was procured and the committee moved in and hired a few more people. A receptionist, a manager and a janitor, all relatives of the head of the committee. Now the work of solving the problem could begin in earnest.
Every morning, after coffee, they met to dig into the problem. Solutions were offered, and then rejected. But they all came to the conclusion that the problem was way bigger than they first thought, in fact it was a dire emergency and they decided that an actual ministry was needed. They presented their findings to the government.
A special meeting was called and, even though a few members didn’t think it was a big enough problem to warrant an entire ministry, they were outvoted and a new ministry was formed, The Ministry of The Problem.