Comments on: Fighting overspending by spending more

By: JimJohnson

JimJohnson — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:27:28 +0000

Nobody cares about rampant Government spending and deficits all of a sudden that Bush is out of office.

Hmm…..

By: American_Way

American_Way — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:21:49 +0000

Good point Nathan. The editors want to be critical of the republican state legislature, but in doing so reveal their blind eye to the Obamanation and destruction of the future of our nation.

By: Nathaniel

Nathaniel — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:28:19 +0000

This drives us wild???

How about a thread on the 2 Tillion Dollar Deficit Obama has gotten us into and the impending inflation and devalue of the dollar because of it?

THAT IS WHAT SHOULD BE DRIVING US WILD.

Where is the thread on that?

By: American_Way

American_Way — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:23:31 +0000

“Something about the Government spending taxpayer dollars on some Study, with the goal of Justifying the spending of MORE taxpayer dollars.”

It gets better than that. I think it was 11 rural school districts used taxpayer money to sue to state to provide them a bigger piece of the pie.

The state used taxpayer money to fight the lawsuit from teachers and school districts funded by state money.

And along came ONE JUDGE, who decided that the State needed to spend a billion dollars more on education – despite the overwhelming majority of the legislature setting the budget. Legislatures put in office to represent the people.

All of it, taxpayer money.

By: JimJohnson

JimJohnson — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:18:30 +0000

Leonardo’s water-lifting study.
Is it perpetual motion?

http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/museum/people/people.htm

By: JimJohnson

JimJohnson — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:16:17 +0000

One of the First Perpetual Motion Machines was a Archimedean Screw, or Water Screw.

Water flowed down to turn a wheel to turn the Archimedean Screw which pumped the water back up to the higher level, and repeat….

Sort of like a Perpetual Water Boarding Screw, which is what our Government is doing to us with spending Taxpayer Dollars in order to spend more Taxpayer Dollars.

One might call it torture, or even perpetual torture even, I suppose.

By: JimJohnson

JimJohnson — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:08:05 +0000

AmWay, I was just trying to remember on the Education thing….

Something about the Government spending taxpayer dollars on some Study, with the goal of Justifying the spending of MORE taxpayer dollars.

It’s like a Perpetual Motion Perfected to spend taxpayer money!

By: American_Way

American_Way — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:16:57 +0000

Audits need to be completely independent. Nothing wrong with hiring an out-of-state firm.

Besides, audits are a spenders dream. They tell you that you are not spending enough whatever project you support. It is a necessary evil for big spenders to spend more to justify spending even more. Take education…..

By: DFB

DFB — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:10:51 +0000

It’s deflection. It takes the argument off the fact that the project is at 300% of the original estimate and counting. Can’t take the politics out of politics.

By: writerdog

writerdog — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:57:03 +0000

It does make you wonder just why a department of the Government is being paid for when the body depends so many times on a outside source for information. Senators and Congressman site news papers and magazines to support their opinion on issue. Rather then sighting the governmental department who’s job it is to compile that information. The state is not lacking in those who could audit this program but still seek outside for the answers.

By: Regular

Regular — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:46:40 +0000

Auditors being out of state is nothing unusual. It’s probably a good idea to keep the fingers off the scale.