In 1978, the mayor of Bordentown decided to try to do something about the welfare situation in town, and made people do public service to get their welfare. The number of people on welfare dropped from 30 to just 1. He had this headstone built dedicated to the elimination of bureaucracy. Unfortunately, bureaucracy wasn’t dead and the state said “you can’t do this.” Perhaps the headstone should’ve read RIP Bordentown Workfare…
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