CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: At VA health facilities, whistleblowers still fear retaliation. “Whistleblowers across the country have faced reprisals for reporting a range of concerns, including accounting irregularities, nursing shortages and mishandling of health-care funds, according to the Office of Special Counsel. Yet despite promises from Washington, retribution against VA whistleblowers continues.”

Government is just a word for the things we do together, like ignoring sick veterans, and making sure that snitches get stitches.