good luck sir and ty... i've used your plants a couple of times... they work very nicely... and as for that gov't stuff... no worries... didn't sound whiny... i think you just voiced rather apropriately a beef just about everyone has or has had when dealing with the "suits" that seem to want to make decisions that affect lives without first considering the lives they affect...

personally i think that it should be a law that if you work in the social services you should first be required to live atleast a year on what you expect others to live from before you can start making decisions that affect the lives of the recipients... but that's just me...