In Iowa’s economic news the Iowa Workforce Development office tells us that those people without a job are for some reason just not optimistic. Really, you mean those who have been without a job for over a year aren’t optimistic? I would have never guessed they could be despondent. I wonder why? It makes me wonder if the government will hire a consultant to see if this no-brainer is accurate. Certainly someone in government knows experts who for a half million dollars can study the situation and opine about the unemployed’s lack of optimism.

Tragically Unemployed Episode 1

This reminds me of the how to recognize an expert witness.

Two men were in a balloon floating over a field. Below them a man was sitting on a blanket reading. Wanting to know where they were one of the men yelled down, “Where are we?” The man on the blanket looked up and yelled, “You’re up above me.” The second man in the balloon looked at the other said, “He’s an expert witness.” “How do you know?” asked his friend. “Because what he said was exactly right, it was accurate and completely useless.”

Here is an “expert” who seems to like the idea but not the day-to-day work of running a public office.

Maybe someone should tell her what the volume control is for.

We might be better off having Dwight Schrute run the government.