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Only after everybody and his cousin here in Arkansas raised a royal ruckus about it in January were a couple of employees of the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System assigned to other jobs. Not fired on the spot, not sacked at once, not sent home and told not to return without a doctor’s excuse, or anything else. Only given the lightest tap on the wrist, not even admonished never to let anything like this happen again. Both had their paychecks raised after the whistle was blown on ’em. And went on collecting hefty salaries from the state, aka you and me, brother.

Uncle Sucker never learns, does he? In March, Jacquelyn Riggins was still pulling down $46,705 a year while Anthony Hatchett was getting $87,258. To add insult to repeated injury, Hatchett was put in charge of instructing others in—what, how to game the system?