I am furious about the government's sudden desire to use our money to bailout every entity from Wall Street giants to the car makers to the local and state governments who have squandered our resources via the crazy infrastructure boondoggle that Obama wants.
I'm watching State, County and City governments all reaching for "their" piece of the pie that responsible Americans have worked so hard for.
For example, Kansas City, Missouri, has been ignoring the crumbling water mains in that entire city for years. Rather than spend the money to update, the city spends money on stupid stuff like rehabing $20,000 houses by spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on those houses, to keep the inner city happy. Or by building the "Sprint Center" for a basketball or hockey team that never appeared, and which has put Kansas City in the hole for millions and millions of dollars that have to be paid on the bonds for that building.
Now, the city is asking Obama for the billion plus dollars to fix the water system - so we all get to pay for their doing the wrong thing.
I am not asking for a bailout. Why do I have to pay for the bad decisions of government - we are rewarding horrible city councils that we can't elect by bailing Kansas City, Missouri out for their selfishness.
Gad.
I'm watching State, County and City governments all reaching for "their" piece of the pie that responsible Americans have worked so hard for.
For example, Kansas City, Missouri, has been ignoring the crumbling water mains in that entire city for years. Rather than spend the money to update, the city spends money on stupid stuff like rehabing $20,000 houses by spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on those houses, to keep the inner city happy. Or by building the "Sprint Center" for a basketball or hockey team that never appeared, and which has put Kansas City in the hole for millions and millions of dollars that have to be paid on the bonds for that building.
Now, the city is asking Obama for the billion plus dollars to fix the water system - so we all get to pay for their doing the wrong thing.
I am not asking for a bailout. Why do I have to pay for the bad decisions of government - we are rewarding horrible city councils that we can't elect by bailing Kansas City, Missouri out for their selfishness.
Gad.
Here’s an easy way to explaing ‘Government Money’ to those people who think it drops freely from the heavens.
Ask them for $5 - explain that this is taxes & fees.
Give them back $1 and tell them that this is their ‘Government Money’, completely free to them!
Pick a random person nearby and give them $2. If questioned simply explain that the Government has determined that they obvioulsy need more since they didn’t have $5 to begin with.
You (the Government) keep the remaining $2 to cover your time and expenses doing the distribution.
And no, the original person can not have their $5 back. It’s ‘Government money’ now.