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Today's front page story covers the featherbedding that seems to be a feature of almost all city departments.
European national leaders know they've got to tackle their deficits, but none of them wants the heat for cutting featherbedding or generous social-payment systems.
Everybody knows about union featherbedding, and everybody knows about complex legislation--written by lawyers--that only lawyers can interpret.
Judicial featherbedding explains why judges insist on filtering everything the jurors hear.