WSOC, channel 9 in Charlotte, investigated some humble public servants to see how they spend their day and our tax dollars. To those of us who understand the difference in incentives between private businesses who rely on voluntary support from customers compared to government entities who acquire their funds through threats of force, this comes as no surprise.
Channel 9 investigated city of Charlotte work crews after seeing a Charlotte water truck parked in a cul-de-sac in a torn-down neighborhood on 24th Street.
It’s a vacuum truck used to clear sewers. Channel 9 recorded what appeared to be the same truck parked in the same spot, hidden from view, anywhere from a few minutes to almost an hour 10 different days over a month’s time. On this day, we followed the vehicle for several hours.
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12:15 p.m.: They performed the first work of the day that we observed an three hours and 15 minutes after Channel 9 started watching.
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A former city worker spent years on a street crew. He said that type of thing happened all the time.
“A lot of guys were sleeping on the job, parking around corners, going to see girlfriends and having intercourse on city time,” said the worker, who asked not to be identified.
He said the bosses had no clue.
“Then put down on paper, they did this and this, and in reality they didn’t do a thing,” he said.
We’ve all seen these news stories before. Every news station in every city across America could do a story like this every week. Waste and inefficiency are rampant at every level of government. Yet liberal progressives and the ruling class insist that it is taxpayers who are greedy when they voice opposition to tax hikes that fund such waste, but politicians and bureaucrats insisting on taking still more from taxpayers are laughably congratulated as wanting to contribute to the “common good.” 
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