[Superman]

Once again:

Government has a legislative branch, an executive branch and an administrative branch. The administrative part provides the services. Police, fire, prisons, drivers' license, blah blah.

Oftentimes, administration is told they must lay off a certain number of workers. The remaining workers need to carry the workload, using overtime. This way, the legislative and/or executive branch can boast that they "cut xx,xxx jobs" from the payroll.

Budget is similar. I worked in an office that processed around 70,000 forms, filed by construction contractors on public works projects, that needed to be processed in order for those contractors to get paid. There were times when we had well over two months' backlog. That held up about a billion dollars. A fee was charged for our processing, and those fee revenues went into a special account and could not be used for other purposes. But.....the entire fee revenue was not allocated by the legislature. This way, the legislature could boast that it "cut expenditures by xx,xxx dollars."

My point is, and I have made this before to deaf ears here, that the administrative portions of government are not where the shenanigans are. Quit *****ing about DOL and DOR and your local DOT. They're trying very hard. Their problem, and yours, is at the elected level.