At 03:06 PM 1/2/96 -0500, Brian Davis wrote:

BTW our office collects more every year (from fines, foreclosures, bankruptcies, affirmative civil cases, etc. etc.) than our total office budget. We make money -- so why am I unpaid this week! :-)

The courts cost too though. Also there's your share of general government overhead. You may cover variable direct costs but perhaps not indirect and fixed costs. I take it you are unpaid but working. Couldn't we reverse the process and pay you not to work? Sort of like protection money. It would be worth it I think. DCF "Some of my best friends are public employees but I wouldn't want my sister to marry one. She needs someone with a steady income and future prospects."