Six Signs Your Government’s Too Big

In today’s episode, we’re going to show you six ‘red flags’ to look out for.
These flags will inform you – with little doubt – that your government is, in fact, too swollen.
Let’s dive right in…
No. 1: Your government is too big if government contractors get paid to hit the refresh button for months on end…
‘Employees at an ObamaCare processing center in Missouri with a contract worth $1.2 billion,’ one New York Post article reads, ‘are reportedly getting paid to do nothing but sit at their computers.’
Serco, a company owned by a British firm, was awarded over a billion dollars to handle ACA applications.
According to one whistleblower, Serco is attempting to hide the lack of actual work they’re doing. Instead, its HR department is hastily hiring employees in its centers in Missouri, Kentucky and Oklahoma.
Of course, duly compensated with each new body in a chair.
Weeks can pass, the whistleblower told St. Louis’ News 4, before employees receive even one application to process.
‘They’re told to sit at their computers and hit the refresh button every 10 minutes,’ said the informant, ‘no more than every 10 minutes.’
Sure, it’s no Snowden revelation. But, hey, it’s good to see the government still living up to its reputation.
No. 2: Your government is too big if colleges have ‘free speech areas’…
Apparently, Broward College in Florida now has ‘free speech areas’ for talking to students about the government.
Meet Lauren Cooley.
She’s a 22-year-old journalist and field coordinator for Turning Point USA, a national non-profit promoting small government and free-market values.
After spending 90 minutes talking to students at the school and asking them ‘do you think big government sucks?’, she was told by a security guard that she needed to go to the ‘free speech area.’

This post was published at Laissez Faire on OCT 22, 2014.