Interesting word, "scrimp". Government doesn't "scrimp" very often-----------Winter storm proves Illinois has plenty of 'non-essential' government workers

Winter storm proves Illinois has plenty of 'non-essential' government workers « Watchdog.org:

But that begs the question, who is a non-essential government worker?

Thousands of people who answer phones in the massive state bureaucracy were told to stay home. Same with the folks who sell license plates and the people who run Illinois’ universities. Even the folks implementing Obamacare got a day off because they are not needed.

The cost for that, Quinn said, will not be known for a while. Though the governor doesn’t sound as if he cares.

“You don’t scrimp when it comes to public safety,” Quinn said. “In the end we will calculate it. “