EPA $, was help with a WSJ link

[Brad DeLong]

><<What do you suppose that $99mil to AARP was all about?>>
>
>Folks probably know this already, but most government agencies, EPA 
>included, give large grants to AARP to hire their retirees to 
>perform government "administrivia."   It's basically a way for 
>government agencies to have more "staff" than their personnel 
>ceilings allow, and to give retirees first shot at some pretty 
>unglamorous positions.

A side effect of Al Gore's decision to make a reduction in federal 
personnel numbers a priority goal in 1993...

Brad DeLong