Soccer Dad

(Toilet) paper money

Montgomery County Maryland is facing a budget shortfall. How will they address it?

By limiting toilet paper:

Montgomery County labor leaders are urging county officials to ration rolls of toilet paper and bars of soap for inmates as a way to cope with a nearly $300 million budget shortfall.

The suggestion to limit inmates to two to three rolls of toilet paper and two bars of soap each week is part of a long list of budget cuts the Municipal & County Government Employees Organization submitted to the council as it weighs raising taxes, trimming services and revising employee contracts that include raises for workers.

I hope we don't start hearing from prisoners rights advocates how this is balancing the budget on the backsides of the inmates.

(Sorry.)

Posted by SoccerDad at April 29, 2008 6:35 AM