I was in the tax accessor’s office yesterday. Two of the women at the front counter were sisters. Several people in the office were sitting around chatting about their personal stuff and gave the appearance that it had been going on for some time. There were mounds and mounds of paper, unlike the my previous jobs in the commercial sector which used very little paper. From stacks and stacks of paper, a woman was transcribing long numbers into a computer. They were taken off computer printed forms and it would have been short work to have moved the data from one program to another...but, no, it was being done slowly, by hand typing them in.
My thinking is, the office was severely over staffed and under efficient. But, the idea is to employ as many workers as possible as they all vote. It’s like a jobs program.
The jobs do pay pretty well and have good health benefits. Oh, and a funded retirement plan.
I am surprised at the figures for Alaska and North Dakota. With the tax revenue from the oil and gas industries it should be 100%.