[meenie]

If any more proof was needed to convince people that our government is becoming too large and unwieldy to function in a competent manner, this should settle the argument.

[Grut]

If any more proof was needed to convince people that our government is becoming too large and unwieldy...

In that case, it's been too large for a long time; buggered pay is just one of the many reasons for that fine old military saying, "if you can't take a joke, you shouldn't have volunteered."