It's kinda why I got out of working there. I sadly don't have a great deal of ethics when it comes to employment so it's not like i quit on ethical grounds. Mostly I quit because while it sounds great to get paid $30 an hour to do essentially nothing - I maybe had 30 minutes of actual work to do each day - it gets really old turning up to work for 8 hours (10-14 hours if we were on site) each day and just staring at a computer screen with nothing really to do, ever.
But at least I learned on a very micro scale why it is that government budgets so easily get completely out of control. I saw so much waste when i was employed in those positions that I think that everything they do, including and especially my salary, was a complete waste of time and money.
I agree, that kind of job would be nightmarishly boring. Mrs. J. works for the county government and even at that level the waste is astounding! And in her profession the worst, most worthless and laziest people are the ones in charge. lol.