Joe, your last post inspired me. I can just see Barbra Streisand in the role of Gov. Perdue singing:

Government people,
Government people who need government people,
Are the rent-seekingest people in the world.

We’re spenders needing other spenders
And yet letting our government pride
Hide all the waste inside
Acting more like criminals than criminals

Tax-takers
Are very special people
They’re the luckiest people in the world

With each victim
After every other special victim
A feeling deep in your soul
Says you can never fill the hole
The budget is all hunger and thirst
But first
Be a government person who needs people

Government people,
Government people who need government people,
Are the rent-seekingest people in the world.