I was walking down Avenue C this weekend and spotted this curious sight on the sidewalk. I don’t know what kind of point someone was making by putting band-aids on the crack in the sidewalk, but to me it screamed “government fix” immediately! It might also make a good metaphor for the results of a successful push toward socialized medicine.

What, you say? I’m too reflexively suspicious of government? Perhaps I’m a fear-mongering racist, which is the label hastily applied to anyone who disagrees with the leftist Democrats in power? Then check out this photo, also found while walking around Bismarck:

The metal plaque in the lobby of the federal building on 3rd Street and Rosser Avenue sports an actual, honest-to-goodness government repair job using shipping tape. Perhaps that was more readily available than duct tape, since the post office is contained therein. I think it has been this way for at least one full year, maybe two. The picture is six months old and I saw this a LONG time before taking the photo.

By the way, for those who thought the “stimulus” was going to be such a lifesaver (and that we need more), Google “stimulus funds haven’t been spent yet” (or click here) and see how much of that money has actually gone out. The answer: very little. What has gone out is not going to “shovel-ready” projects, but largely patronage funding that amounts to typical government pork.

Hope™! Change™!