Hug a bureaucrat today

Federal employees are sure to get a boost in their self-esteem as a result of a study released this week.

"Despite long-standing negative stereotypes about government work, the research shows that Americans have a favorable impression of the federal government," according to the report, A New Call to Service in an Age of Savvy Altruism. "Our research found that more than 62 percent of the American people we surveyed view the federal government favorably, and 91 percent say that the jobs and duties of federal government workers are 'important' in their lives."

How far we've come from the early decades of our republic, when citizens had little or no interaction with the central government.

 

At a news conference announcing the study, Max Stier lamented:

"People often look to the nonprofit sector when they want to make a difference, and not to the federal government."

Huh.  I guess that if the federal government's mission is "to make a difference", then it would be really cruel and heartless to make it conform to the boundaries of the Constitution.