Ken and Rita leave the crew

Ken and Rita had their last day on the trail crew yesterday.  Most people in their forties could not keep up with them hiking and clearing brush. For sure Kadizzle could not keep up with them.  When we clear trails we have lilly trimming, a five year cut and a ten year cut.  Ken and Rita did the ten year cut and left some wonderful trail work behind them.  More of us old goats need to get out and do some public service.  To do a little bragging Kadizzle would say the trail crew consisting of no one under the age of 67 has cut the brush off of more than a hundred miles of trails.  The Forest Service figures our work is worth $20 per hour.  We have been averaging four people.  That would be eighty dollars per hour, or about $2000 per week.  That is money that tax payers don't have to pay.  Republicans love to say starve the goverment and make is so small you can drown it in the bath tub.  Republicans love to say the government is wasteful and inefficient.  The Forest Service here has about 60 people working for free.  Do the math and it saves the Forest Service over one half million dollars per year. That is pretty damn efficient in my opinioin.  Now look at the real insane waste the Republican love. 21 billion for Trump's wall, 54 billion for new military toys and nukes.  Wow, what could we do with that kind of cheese?  We could pave every trail in the United States, or maybe just pay teachers or have health care. No, we want bombs and walls.