UPDATE: Even the NY Times gets in on the bash, as James Miller observes (via Josh Hendrickson):At Metro's headquarters in downtown Washington, the lights pop on at 5:30 every weekday morning. Hours before the masses arrive for work, the building glows like a silent, hulking eight-story spaceship.
Every evening, most employees go home at 5, but the lights stay on for three more hours, bright enough that passersby can see the artwork in individual offices. No "Starry Night," apparently.
The electric bill was $1,775,194.96 last year: nearly $1,400 per employee.
In this free market editorial the New York Times laments the large debt that awaits many men when they get out of prison. Apparently because of child support, fines and prison fees some newly released prisoners have as much as "25,000 in debt the moment they step outside the prison gate."
Various government agencies come after the ex-cons to collect the debt. As a result, if the ex-cons get legitimate jobs they must give much of their salary to the government. This, as the New York Times writes, makes the ex-cons "less likely to seek regular employment."So, according to the liberal New York Times editorial board, if you know the government is going to take much of your salary you are less likely to get a job. I wonder if the Times has considered how the economic logic of this editorial could be applied to tax policy.
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