Government Officials Still Enjoy Their Junkets

After the government excoriated private companies for holding conferences at posh resorts, approximately 700 Social Security Administration employees spent a nice 3-day weekend at a lavish Arizona resort at a cost to taxpayers of $700,000.

"We received threats against our employees by people who are in the American public," said SSA Regional Commissioner for San Francisco Peter Spencer in defense of the conference. He said "there is a tremendous amount of stress involved in the job that we do."

Uh huh - as opposed to their view of private sector workers, of course.