[PRCo] Re: Government Corruption (was Wheels__&__Shoes)

[Fred Schneider]

They're the same everywhere.  I remember a conversation I had with the
concierge at the Bellevue Palace Hotel in Bern, Switzerland last fall.
Parliament was in session.l  Their parliament is only in session one week out
of every quarter ... four weeks a year.  I remarked that it would never work in
the U. S. because our politicians would not have enough time to steal from us.
The concierge remarked that they would find a way just as they have in
Switzerland!    You have to laugh at it because going insane with the waste
doesn't make one's life easier.

Boris Cefer wrote:

> Not big difference here. High officials learned rapidly they can do what
> they want to do. You, employee, have been told to save each piece of
> material and each second of your work and they can throw away lots of money
> for telephone calls, expensive automobiles, bashes and various left-handed
> jobs. When you are a master at shops, you have to check your employees
> wheter any of them doesn't have a little of alcohol in breath after a
> turned-on evening. And our president with his suite and some unknown people
> (source of money) can walk around maintenance pits with bottles in their
> hands. Take it easy! Shut up and pace with!
>
> B
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <ktjosephson at earthlink.net>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 4:04 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Government Corruption (was Wheels__&__Shoes)
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > So true. Many of us (public employees) know of some awful situations and
> > incidents going on where we work. We also know if we revealed them, we
> would
> > not only get framed and fired, but we would forced to leave town, looking
> > over our shoulders. I am serious. The "whistle blower" laws are a big
> joke.
> >