Capital construction is funded in big part by the Fed. Not state emoyees for  the most part. You might want to go to DOT's office buildings sometime. Check out the one at the airport. There  are lots of administrative personel present that do not seem very busy when I go there. Same is true in every DOT office I have visited.  Snow plow drivers do not work in the admin buildings. I agree we need them. But how many snow plow drivers are we talking about. Probably a very small percentage of other DOT personel. As I said I do not believe we need so much State  payroll. If you are a state employee or a big Govt fan, I fully understand where you are coming from