Our Dysfunctional Government

If anyone needs reminding these days about how dysfunctional our American government is, I suggest reading the article Insider’s Projects Drained Missile-Defense Millions in yesterdays New York Times. That a mid-level government employee could bilk the government of a million or two is probably unremarkable. But look at the number of well-known elected officials in Congress who were willing to aid and abet him in the interests of pumping tax dollars into their districts and thereby assuring their re-election. Clearly something is badly broken in Washington.