The great science fiction writer Roger Zelazny once wrote that any bureaucracy that is allowed to exist long enough inevitably becomes a parody of its own function. He should know. He worked for the Social Security Administration until he could publish enough to feed his family.
Case and point: The state of North Carolina allots entities money and then makes them send it back so that the funds can show up as a revenue stream on a balance sheet. If that’s not a parody, then I don’t understand parody.
Here’s your open line.