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THIS?LL PLAY WELL: Government Salaries Soar In Bad Times. ?Hard times for folks outside of the fed?

By Glenn Reynolds

THIS’LL PLAY WELL: Government Salaries Soar In Bad Times. “Hard times for folks outside of the federal establishment are also good times for Washington politicians with their never-ending thirst for finding new ways of grabbing tax dollars to benefit themselves, members of their families, present or former staff members, friends, or campaign donors. The $448 billion appropriations bill approved last week by the House contained more than 5,000 earmarks, many of which will ultimately benefit the favored few rather than the suffering many. It’s helpful to keep these realities about Washington bureaucrats and politicians in mind the next time one of them steps forward and proposes solving another crisis with billions more tax dollars.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on December 14, 2009 (boomark / email).