My, aren't you quite the optimist?
You clearly know nothing about the people of this town. There are a large number of people here who either a: don't see any problems at all and in fact still think city government is too big, or b: if they do recognize the city fiscal crisis, its clearly all the fault of Obama, feminists, and/or fags. But not to worry, because Jebus is coming.
hurray!
I help those who help themselves!
That's probably the case alot of the time, but I was just trying to address the "small government" question at hand. Like I said, I actually think there is some validity to the idea of decentralized government. Imagine how much more progressive certain regions of the country would be if polticians across the country weren't beholden to southern baptist standards of moral purity.
The problem is that what starts out as a reasonable theory (states rights vs the Fed) gets completely blown out of proportion and becomes "(all) government is bad". It doesn't matter whether it's local government funding for schools, or federal government spending on infrastructure, ALL of it is reprehensible. Which is an idea I could understand (although not agree with) if they were at least consistent. All military spending is good. More military spending would be even better. More laws/police/prisons are good. Government funding of private enterprises is good (school vouchers, insurance vouchers). It's so selective that you can't even claim that they're libertarian (ie, Ron Paul), they're just bat**** crazy. Not because they believe this stuff, but because it's incomprehensible how they justify calling ANY of this as "fiscally responsible".
Yeah, I find it interesting how these teabagger types are always going on about government infringement on their freedom, and they waive the Gadsden flag as a symbol... yet the big government efforts they do tend to support... huge military and intelligence, legislation of morality, greater police presence, Patriot Act type legislation (wire tapping, book tracking, torture, racial profiling, secret prisons overseas)... would seemingly send us down the road of a police state. Makes little sense to me.
Yup, paying off debt is bad and irresponsible. Great move, asshole.
I am so very glad that me and my wife went to debt consolidation ten years ago and got the vast majority of of our debt paid. Our only debt is car payments (cars "beneath" our income level) and the rest of my wife's student loans (it was a good investment.) We own our house free and clear. At some point, we realized the stress of being owned wasn't worth a bunch of sh1t you don't really need. (Should have listened to my dad, he warned me.) So fvck you Greenspan and fvck your corporate cronies.
Yeah, it's good thing the US gov't isn't subsidizing Americans putting money into the stock market. You'd end up with the mother of all Ponzi schemes as Americans keep dumping more and more money into the stock market based on the premise that stocks always go up...I'm pretty sure Greenspan isn't making any comment on *personal* debt... nobody in their right mind would argue that.
He does have a good point about government involvement in the capital markets being a bad thing. They'd sure-as-$hit fvck things up...
Are you dry shaving me??
This city has never provided sh*t for anybody at anytime. Sure, there are a couple public parks, and we have some cops and some firefighters. There are no publicly funded museums, art centers, there has never been public transportation worth a sh*t, infrastructure is a joke. Those things are core functions and this sh*t hole town can't even properly fund and maintain those things because the sarah palin/jebus is coming tinfoil hat crowd keeps frothing at the mouth about how we need a smaller city government. Christ on a crutch!
Thank you.
"small government" is their new racism facade, they realized people caught on to "socialist" as a racist term pretty quick.
Only the ones that did not serve them their fast food, clean their toilets at the mega church, and pave the driveway's of their homes.
Our city (generally) puts down salt before it starts snowing/freezing. Costs a little bit more, but usually prevents situations like that........
No, they don't.
bloomberg should be proud: we've never used salt.
this was *south* carefree. best you'll find is 3rd world mormons. the rest were huddled by uncle ted's
i think it was the sudden temp drop that caused severe icing (unusual for this area), and truth be told, i would've been out in it, too. b/c they closed austin bluffs (usually very fun to walk over & point/laugh during storms near rush hr), it just moved my fellow idiots a couple miles south
they're everywhere, eh?
they already do, but for hail claims that go collected & unapplied. oh, and i wish people would stop thinking we should know how to drive in this stuff: we're a high plains desert w/ 1/2 the annual snowfall of d.c., and it burns off rather quickly. the only reason i have snow tires is b/c of my hilly neighborhooddante said:
"We help those who already have the means to help themselves" <--- Sounds about right based on that logic.
