Civil Service Scammers

Linda P. Campbell, a columnist and editorial writer for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, can't figure out why some federal employees would fleece taxpayers by illegally reselling the transit vouchers they receive from their agencies. "What were these 'public servants' thinking while they picked our collective pocket?" she writes. Then she adds this:

"I keep thinking about my father, who during 28 years as a federal employee wouldn't even read the newspaper or a magazine at work unless it was on his lunch break so he wouldn't deprive his employer of a full day's work."