TN state employees Kum Ba Ya, revenue comissioner calls it team building
July 24, 2008 by libertyisforme
Tennessee Cotton Mouth brought to my attention a hilarious government story. In Tennessee, state officials organized a 5-day “training” for state auditors. What do the trainings entail?
Singing!
That’s right folks, five days of singing. They don’t discuss policy or implementation, instead they record themselves and sing songs.
Too good of a story?
Watch the videos from News Channel 5! Part one and two.
Here are some of the lyrics sung by state employees:
“It’s my audit,
And I’ll tax if I want to.
Tax if I want to.
Tax if I want to.
…
“I’ll be there
To come and audit you.
I’ll be there.
No matter what you do.”
What does the state have to say about this?
But they clearly show auditors and investigators from the Tennessee Department of Revenue, during a week away from the office for training — and what Revenue Commissioner Reagan Farr calls “team building.”
“They are not skits just around parodies or fun,” Commissioner Farr tells Phil Williams. “They are skits with the purpose of delivering a message.”
A message. Interesting.
This is what I got out of it:
We’re the government,
We’re going to steal your money.
Cry if you want too.
Wow.