So, who is surprised by the cash-for-jobs scam that is all over the media these days? the old problem of the middleman, it has become a scam selling fake jobs and on a vast scale, involving multiple players, aides, and sub-aides, and running into crores. There is now a complaint against BJP MLA Ganesh Gaonkar, accusing him of asking for money for a job. The issue at the heart of the scam, however, is that of jobs. As for this cash-for-jobs scam, it is just one more in the host of gigantic illegalities that this government has been presiding over.