Last night on the news, I heard a spokeswoman for the Neon Graveyard talk about the Neon Museum they are building on that site. She made a statement with which I absolutely disagree and on which I think hinges the fact of the matter for our current financial problem and the misdirected anger of the public. She said that it will be entirely built with federal money, at no expense to the citizens. What?
Federal money is YOUR money. The Federal government has no money until it first takes it by force from you. What's more, in a budget crisis, why are we spending $1.9 million to build a museum that is visited by only 9000 people per month? What was wrong with the graveyard? Did we not learn from the mistake made when they build the Springs Preserve?
Our politicians seem completely and willfully and woefully ignorant of reality. They spend and spend and spend on things that either don't need to be done right this minute or are not value added. Harry Reid made a big deal about a land deal he did for the College at a time when we are closing extension facilities. We do not need land. We are hemorraging money everywhere, and everything the government does costs more money than it generates.
If it were really in demand, a private company would do it. Private companies are driven by a profit incentive. When demand produces enough funds to offset expenses and provide a profit, a company will undertake the endeavor without government interferance.
The difference between a company and the government when it comes to money is very clear. Government forces by confiscatory threat of punishment that men pay taxes. I don't care if Harry Reid says taxes are voluntary. If you don't pay, the IRS will find you, unless you're Timothy Geithner. Corporations trade a product or service for your money, which you willingly surrender because you value the product more than the money.
A woman on the news said she would gladly pay more money in taxes for this. That's fine. If you choose to pay, do it. That's called philanthropy. When you FORCE me to do it against my will, it's called Tyranny.
Sic semper tyrannus.
Federal money is YOUR money. The Federal government has no money until it first takes it by force from you. What's more, in a budget crisis, why are we spending $1.9 million to build a museum that is visited by only 9000 people per month? What was wrong with the graveyard? Did we not learn from the mistake made when they build the Springs Preserve?
Our politicians seem completely and willfully and woefully ignorant of reality. They spend and spend and spend on things that either don't need to be done right this minute or are not value added. Harry Reid made a big deal about a land deal he did for the College at a time when we are closing extension facilities. We do not need land. We are hemorraging money everywhere, and everything the government does costs more money than it generates.
If it were really in demand, a private company would do it. Private companies are driven by a profit incentive. When demand produces enough funds to offset expenses and provide a profit, a company will undertake the endeavor without government interferance.
The difference between a company and the government when it comes to money is very clear. Government forces by confiscatory threat of punishment that men pay taxes. I don't care if Harry Reid says taxes are voluntary. If you don't pay, the IRS will find you, unless you're Timothy Geithner. Corporations trade a product or service for your money, which you willingly surrender because you value the product more than the money.
A woman on the news said she would gladly pay more money in taxes for this. That's fine. If you choose to pay, do it. That's called philanthropy. When you FORCE me to do it against my will, it's called Tyranny.
Sic semper tyrannus.
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