A Horseshoer... But No Horses... and Guess Who's Paying?

Here's another example of government losing focus of why it even exists in the first place. Governments are formed by people so that certain tasks get accomplished through the payment of taxes. Government does NOT exist as a permanent jobs program -- people are not hired by the government simply to hold a job and get a paycheck. Right? Well... meet the person hired as the Detroit horseshoer. The only problem is that there are no horses to shoe.
As reported by Michigan Capitol Confidential, the city of Detroit, through its water and sewage department, has a horseshoer on the payroll. Does this person actually shoe horses? No. There aren't any. But the powerful unions that dominate government workers insist on hiring more and more workers even if the jobs are not necessary.

Despite having no horses, the water and sewerage department for the city of Detroit employs a horseshoer.
Yet even with a department so bloated that it has a horseshoer and no horses, the local union president said it is "not possible" to eliminate positions.
Union rules have turned the department into a government jobs program, some critics say.

According to the story, the department is woefully inefficient. In fact, as reported in the Detroit Free Press, the mayor of the city ordered an independent review of the Water and Sewage Department. The consultant's review suggests that the department cut 81% of its workforce. That's not a typo: 81%!

Read more: http://www.gopusa.com/theloft/2012/08/21/a-horseshoer-but-no-horses-and-guess-whos-paying/?subscriber=1