08-07-2020, 02:43 AM
@HOTPE: I don't want to hijack a valuable thread, but the answer to your question is that the state payroll can only be bloated with the "right people," and union rules don't allow idle state workers to be reassigned to jobs they don't like. Not enough of those people with the right connections have applied, and the underutilized workers prefer to remain idle . . . and get paid for it. The status quo must be preserved at all costs. No contract tracers for you!