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More double-dipping corruption

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This entry was posted on 8/1/2009 2:18 PM and is filed under State government offenses.

                                                                                                                August 1, 2009

Are there multiple layers in the Double-Dipping scam, i.e. Crime subsidized by the producers?

 The 2009 Arkansas Legislature composed of 135 senators and representatives contained at least 38 employees or former employees of government.   Some others did not identify their employment or former employment.

Public school teachers are on yearly contracts ranging from 188 to 217 days.  Typically, citizens understand that the teaching profession is a 9 month job. A topical examination of the Arkansas legislature indicates there are a number of practicing school teachers and college professors in the legislative mix.

Questions arise; are teachers and professors being paid while absent 3-4 months allegedly conducting the people’s business? They are absent from the classroom almost half of their contractual obligations.  Why are they needed?  There are other layers of government employees who fit the above description. 

Only in government can such disgusting and unprincipled conduct be rewarded. 

The convoluted schemes to enhance government retirement and other benefits would take days of research to unravel.  Recent legislation to increase bureaucrats and politician’s retirements came from Gene Jeffress, a former teacher—Act 743.     

Doesn’t anyone determine if politicians and bureaucrats serving in the General Assembly are double-dipping?  Equally disgusting, in addition to their 4 month absence, are the untold required meetings throughout the year.

 There are inordinate numbers of government employees in the legislature? Their major thrust appears to be—expanding government, increasing taxes, and feathering their nests.  Government can only be described as a culture of corruption.

Joe McCutchen

Fort Smith


 

 

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