The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Politicians politic. Complainers complain. And state and municipal employees take full advantage of generous pension, vacation time and other benefit loopholes that leave Average Joe’s head spinning and shaking all at once.
So, here we are at the end of a volatile, divisive, often confounding 2017, and wouldn’t you know it? More compensation consternation. Hitch, for one, has had enough.

David M. Hitch
Volume 228