Most everyone knows that the District’s government is big — some 33,000 people work for it. But today, The Washington Times breaks down why it’s so costly and how that’s slowly changing.

It’s easy to complain about the District’s government, and we’ve certainly all had a run-in with a bureaucrat that clearly seemed to hate their job something fierce. But there’s always that one city employee that is courteous, helpful and even goes out of their way to help.