SHOWING sympathy for the suffering of ordinary people is important. But if the bureaucracy was working properly, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono would not need to go to the trouble of receiving the victims of the Lapindo mudflow at the State Palace. Seven cabinet ministers have been tasked with handling the issue. Among them are Coordinating Minister for People’s Welfare Aburizal Bakrie, Public Works Minister Joko Kirmanto, Social Services M