The Bureaucrat-O-Matic - 50% More Red Tape Half Efficiency T-Shirt

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Designed, printed, and shipped in the USA.

Fit & Product Information

Fits true to size. Size up for a more relaxed fit.

Features: Side-seamed. Classic fit. Unisex sizing. Shoulder taping.
1-inch Freedom’s Bell signature on the left sleeve.

Fabrication: 100% Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton.

Machine wash cold, inside out. Tumble dry low or hang dry. Do not bleach, and do not iron the printed area.

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Incorrect, damaged, or defective item? Contact us within 30 days of delivery to request a refund. No return shipment is required for approved claims.

Each shirt is custom-printed to order. We cannot offer refunds for change of mind or sizing choices. Please check the size guide before ordering.

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Product Description

Introducing The Bureaucrat-O-Matic! Now with 50% more red tape and half the efficiency! This retro infomercial design perfectly satirizes government machinery.

But wait, there's more! For the low, low price of all your tax dollars, you too can own The Bureaucrat-O-Matic—the miracle machine that takes your money in through the "Taxes" funnel, runs it through an impossibly complex series of gears, tubes, and smokestacks, and delivers... almost nothing out the "Results" spout! This vintage infomercial satire perfectly captures government in action: lots of activity, noise, and complexity producing minimal useful output. The cheerful 1950s housewife makes it even more absurd—she's genuinely excited about a machine specifically designed to be inefficient! "50% more red tape and half the efficiency" isn't a bug, it's the advertised feature! The machine's elaborate mechanism represents bureaucracy's ability to make simple things impossibly complicated. Your tax dollars go in at the top, get processed through miles of regulatory piping, and what comes out the bottom barely fills a bucket. Wear this to celebrate peak bureaucratic innovation: a machine that works harder to accomplish less, and they're proud of it.

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