Additional revenue....

The other day, I went to traffic court for a ticket that was issued to me  last year.  The summons was for allegedly talking on the cellphone while driving.  The role of a police officer in today's world is to generate revenue for the government economy.  The budget is constantly being reported as being off balance.  A large number of the population is being employed by the government in various capacities.  All employees, when they work, need to be paid.  When an entity has more employs than it can actually use or is bound by contracts to keep everyone working, this creates a dilemma for those issuing the paychecks.  Where do they find the money?  Who or what the entity is does not matter.

The government all along pays big money to people that consider themselves to be "EXPERTS" in various fields to tell it how to generate money to pay for goods and services it needs to survive.  Guess what?!  The policeman, the fireman, the trash collector, and the consultant are all employed by the government.  They need to get paid!  Let the government issue summons's for a variety of ridiculous things, in the name of citizen safety.  Writing tickets actually creates more employment and here is how:

• Write a summons  need a person to do so.
• Need a judge to hear your plead (guilty or Not)
• Lawyers to represent your interests if you want.


• Cashiers to collect the revenue from the summons.
• Instructors to teach defensive driving (6-hour class for 10% discount on insurance policy and points off your driving record).
• Insurance people to sell new or adjust the old policies accordingly.

My philosophy is that more money does not necessarily mean more savings.  More savings would be less expenses.  On the other hand if you live in an economy where the unemployment rate needs to be low, then the reason for superfluous taxation and ridiculous ticket generation is absolutely necessary.  If you get a ticket consider the fine as you additional contribution to the salaries of all those people involved.