If your faith in the capability of government is not already hanging by a frayed thread, try this snippet from a recent Yahoo! article on for size:
Florida officials are investigating an unemployment agency that spent public money to give 6,000 superhero capes to the jobless...Workforce Central Florida spent more than $14,000 on the red capes as part of its "Cape-A-Bility Challenge" public relations campaign. The campaign featured a cartoon character, "Dr. Evil Unemployment," who needs to be vanquished.
It should be noted that WCF is not a government agency per se, but its reckless use of public funds ($4.1 million in American Reinvestment & Recovery Act funds according to its 2010 year end report) should subject the organization to a similar level of scrutiny.
Finally, if you are the type who believes that we are merely being curmudgeonly about this, we are guessing that you are probably also among those who would be inspired by this video.
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