Only two tries, guess no one has listened to Carlin.
The six most frightening words in the English language are:
Don't worry I'm with the government.
I believe Regan used this line as well during his campaign.
Having worked for the Census when I was unemployed I know a lot of waste comes from the over-reporting of mileage. One crew leader was fired because he was making more in mileage reimbursement than his regular pay. He claimed he was visiting all of his people everyday, but when his people were interviewed no one had ever seen him in the field. The taxpayers doled out nearly fifteen hundred bucks to this guy alone. Multiply that by the thousands of people who didn't get caught and you're looking at a serious outlay of cash.
As for myself I can honestly say I reported my mileage accurately. But I drove a four wheel drive truck and was assigned rather large rural areas that required me to actually drive nearly fifty miles per day. But of course I'm one of those honest types who always follows the letter of the law. That's right I'm the slow a**hole in the right lane where I belong.
The biggest problem I see, illustrated by this crew leaders act, is many people view the government as a source of unlimited cash without taking into account that it's you and me, the taxpayer, who provides this capital in the first place.
They think, "Who cares if I add another thirty miles to my report today, the government can afford it, and everybody else is doing it."
And it's not just the census where this happens.
