Holy crap the constant quotations made reading on the crackberry difficult... I will say that although state employees get decent benefits, their pay for IT aren't really up to par. I left my comfy state job with good benefits for a lot more money in a much lower cost of living area.
I will say that the DMV could cut about 30 of their worthless lazy workforce if they actually got people in that would put in some good effort
As for welfare, I think I already put my opinion on here in another forum