I don't think that's an exception, as government funding and capitalist market are more-or-less mutually exclusive, even in capitalist countries. Nobody in a st

I don't think that's an exception, as government funding and capitalist market are more-or-less mutually exclusive, even in capitalist countries. Nobody in a state government makes more than the governor, nobody in the federal government makes more than the President, etc. And for social work specifically, "real evaluation of skill" is going to raise more than a few eyebrows.