Your Tax Dollars At Work

When you hear that your tax dollars are hard at work what comes to mind? Renovations in a run down part of town? New parks and recreation centers? Bigger and better schools?

Sounds good right? That's what some of what tax dollars should be going towards, but according to the New York Times tax dollars are hard at work covering up the racist tattoos of accused murder John Ditullio. A cosmetoligist spends approximately 45 minutes each visit (at $125/day) to make Ditullio look like a normal human being instead of a Aryan Brotherhood tattooed freak, for his court dates. Read more about the story here.