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fighting bureaucracy, one bureaucratic red tape measure at a time...,
2010-09-29 10:25:07
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the greening of the pentagon...,
2010-10-05 12:51:58
the precarious balance between resentment and entitlement :
"Let me get this straight," I say to David. "You've been picking up a check from the government for decades, as a tax assessor, and your wife is on Medicare. How can you complain about the welfare state?"
"Well," he says, "there's a lot of people on welfare who don't deserve it. Too many people are living off the government."
"But," I protest, "you live off the government. And have been your whole life!"
"Yeah," he says, "but I don't make very much."
:: posted by buermann @ 2010-09-29 12:01:21 CST |
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