Head Slapper of the Week

In an act that intersects rent-seeking behavior and pure arrogance, Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa's office issued the following press release regarding a video they uncovered of a General Services Administration (GSA) employee bragging about lavish taxpayer funded perks he enjoyed while working there. I have to say that after six years working as a consultant where my primary clients are government employees; somehow this news doesn’t surprise me. Perhaps we could review how expense accounts are calculated for public employees, but that could be too much reform away from rent-seeking individuals seeking others to pay their way to take sitting down, don’t you think? By the way, who would be naive enough to make a video? Two Head Slaps