Ok - good news bad news personally with this post.
Bad news: this ruined my day.
Good news: I have my next American Thinker article topic. This kind of government employee compensation, multiplied by millions and millions of local, state and federal workers, is going to swallow our economy whole. It is crazy.
Evil Conservatives!
Wait, no party in the story. Must be a Democrat.
This system is flawed but I do not see this as the issue. We will never be able to construct a system that is fool-proof, for those who lack moral character to exploit it, that will not also punish good people who have done the right thing yet have legitimate needs. We could put a corral around Tasco but we will hurt many who we would not want to hurt. Over-regulation is the result of moral decay, when a people lose the ability and willingness to manage their own behavior in a manner that is not harmful to others.
This goes on everywhere. It is outrageous. I am running for County Supervisor, and although I know I will be a pariah, I am going to talk about it and try to reform it.