R.I.P. Scout26
Politicians and bureaucrats are considered productive if they swarm the populace like a plague of locust, devouring all substance in their path and leaving a swath of destruction like a firestorm. The technical term is "bipartisanship".
Since "etc" is included in this thread:I have just learned that Bob Cratchit died this past summer. (That is, the actor who played opposite George C Scott's Scrooge.)
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