The government built a school for $18.9 million. They used it one year. Now it is closed because it was built so poorly.
The money is gone. The building is useless.
… and some people want the government to take over your health care, too.
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David K. Williams, Jr.
Despite cries to the contrary, the government has more money than it can reasonably spend. How else can one explain an 18 month criminal investigation of an alleged bookmaking enterprise in Jefferson County? (See “Denver-area sports-betting operation took high-end clients and bets, indictment says” in today’s Denver Post.) If government has the resources to spend on such an undertaking, it has too much money. Concerned about funding for public schools? Talk to the officials in charge of this investigation. The money spent on every law enforcement officer employed on this investigation could have been spent on a teacher. Concerned about funding for public health? Talk to the officials in charge of this investigation. The money spent on every law enforcement officer employed on this investigation could have been spent on a nurse. Concerned about funding for roads and bridges? Talk to the officials in charge of this investigation. The money spent on every law enforcement officer employed on this investigation could have been spent on repairs. Concerned about solving crimes of violence? Talk to the officials in charge of this investigation. The money spent on every law enforcement officer employed on this investigation could have been spent on a law enforcement officer investigating a violent crime. Concerned about high taxes? Talk to the officials in charge of this investigation. The money spent on every law enforcement officer employed on this investigation could have been returned to you. Until government stops spending money enforcing laws prohibiting consensual adult conduct like gambling, it does not deserve another dime. If “progressives” are really concerned about public education, they should be going after this wasted law enforcement money. If “conservatives” are really concerned about limited government, they should be going after this wasted law enforcement money. A front page story on today’s Denver Post is about efforts to save prairie dogs from the wake of habitat destroying construction of a train to the airport. (See “Wanted: prairie dog homes.“) Someone wants to spend money on relocating prairie dogs? They are just big rats, people. They cover the ground like kudzu. But if people really want to save them, I suggest stopping the light rail project and refunding the taxes collected for the boondoggle.
The wails of anguish from the D.C. political class that the federal leviathan doesn’t have any money to provide basic services is bollocks. The federal government has too much money. It only needs more money to feed the bloat.
To wit, the United States government has seventeen separate intelligence agencies:
This list is laughable. Even if one allows for separate agencies for international intelligence, domestic intelligence and military intelligence, this group of 17 should be, at most three.
Dispose of the rest.
Today’s Denver Post declares in a broad headline The article by Mike McPhee states that “the announcement of a $304 million federal loan Friday gave the green light to the redevelopment of Union Station… .”
Further, “the loan (is) guaranteed by the City and County of Denver.”
This means that one level of government, the feds, are going to give your money to another level of government, the Regional Transportation District, and that another level of government, the City and County of Denver, has guaranteed with your money the loan of your money to you.
All of this for a project no private investor would touch.
Of course, every transaction between each level of government has a cost. You, of course, pay for that, too.
From the Associated Press: DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter does not have a staff photographer – but he has billed taxpayers more than $200,000 to hire outside contractors and pay for photographs, videos and TV ads promoting his accomplishments since June 2008, including videos of him receiving a “Father of the Year” award and a press conference naming his friend, Michael Bennet, to a U.S. Senate seat. Until nonsense like this goes away, statists can save their tears about a lack of government money and the need for more taxes.
The government need for more money is a lie.
Just prior to the Senate passing a version of Obamacare, Democratic Senator Tom Hawkin, from Iowa, said “let’s make history.” They did.
So did General Custer.
From today’s Denver Post:
Yet the members of the Cult of the State continue to worship their Government God as the answer to all of society’s ills, real and perceived.
Perhaps these cult members should reevaluate their fealty to such a feeble deity. Perhaps they should look elsewhere for solutions.
Maybe the cult’s members are right and government’s impending takeover of health care will not suffer from similar incompetence.
However, it takes an unwarranted and unearned faith to believe so.
Most people should not attempt walking across a high-wire. However, if a net is placed under the high-wire, the downside to failure is almost nil.
Therefore, people will be more likely to try something they should not attempt and otherwise would not.
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