Comments on: Because Government Has So Much Cash Laying Around http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/11/18/because-government-has-so-much-cash-laying-around/ Unfair ... Imbalanced Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:15:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Philip Branton http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/11/18/because-government-has-so-much-cash-laying-around/comment-page-1/#comment-75872 Philip Branton Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:16:45 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=33593#comment-75872 Hmm........... A gag order.....?? http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/nov/18/sweeping-gag-order-clouds-waring-case/ ...with national ramifications....?? ......and negotiations are sill being hammered.....where? ...and no comments in the paper are allowed....~~ ....sounds like SANFORD is a timely distraction for...??? ....and WHAT property has been Uh...oh !? Hmm………..

A gag order…..??

http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/nov/18/sweeping-gag-order-clouds-waring-case/

…with national ramifications….??

……and negotiations are sill being hammered…..where?

…and no comments in the paper are allowed….~~

….sounds like SANFORD is a timely distraction for…???

….and WHAT property has been

Uh…oh !?

]]> By: 2 cents http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/11/18/because-government-has-so-much-cash-laying-around/comment-page-1/#comment-75836 2 cents Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:18:31 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=33593#comment-75836 Government and the elite aren't broke. The ordinary citizen, from whom they got their wealth, is broke. The difference in government and the elite they are hand-in-hand with & the ordinary citizen who wants to work and live a decent life is that the former will do anything to get their hands on wealth & keep it. Doesn't matter if it's gold, dollars, weapons, technology, land, people's homes, whatever, government intends to get the lion's share & sit on it because that equates to power. The ordinary citizen is faced with a lose-lose situation. One, stand up to them and refuse to give them anything or try to hold them accountable, which will lead to loss of freedom or everything one has. Two, pick up arms against them, which will certainly lead to loss of freedom or death. Mix government's and elite's willingness to do anything for power & wealth and their spewing of religous & philosophical rhetoric to back it up you have a truly no-win situation. I wonder how long not just state or local government can pretend that all is well, but nationally government is doing the same. Now all is surely well for them, but they are genuinely concerned, however, that the middle and lower classes are indeed losing everything they have & in return, won't be able to provide the lap of luxury for government & elite in the future. They can't tax or take what is not there. Citizens can't work if there are no jobs or if a great number of people are imprisoned. Millions on the museum? What is their arguement for it, it'll create jobs? For how long? What about when the jobs are done? Another bandaid for a gaping economic wound. I believe the real issue is that no country on earth is willing to invest in America. That, and the fact they have no need to with the U.S. employing so many foreign workers. Being at war with or policing a great part of the world doesn't help either. Government and the elite aren’t broke. The ordinary citizen, from whom they got their wealth, is broke. The difference in government and the elite they are hand-in-hand with & the ordinary citizen who wants to work and live a decent life is that the former will do anything to get their hands on wealth & keep it.

Doesn’t matter if it’s gold, dollars, weapons, technology, land, people’s homes, whatever, government intends to get the lion’s share & sit on it because that equates to power.

The ordinary citizen is faced with a lose-lose situation. One, stand up to them and refuse to give them anything or try to hold them accountable, which will lead to loss of freedom or everything one has. Two, pick up arms against them, which will certainly lead to loss of freedom or death.

Mix government’s and elite’s willingness to do anything for power & wealth and their spewing of religous & philosophical rhetoric to back it up you have a truly no-win situation.

I wonder how long not just state or local government can pretend that all is well, but nationally government is doing the same. Now all is surely well for them, but they are genuinely concerned, however, that the middle and lower classes are indeed losing everything they have & in return, won’t be able to provide the lap of luxury for government & elite in the future. They can’t tax or take what is not there. Citizens can’t work if there are no jobs or if a great number of people are imprisoned.

Millions on the museum? What is their arguement for it, it’ll create jobs? For how long? What about when the jobs are done? Another bandaid for a gaping economic wound. I believe the real issue is that no country on earth is willing to invest in America. That, and the fact they have no need to with the U.S. employing so many foreign workers. Being at war with or policing a great part of the world doesn’t help either.

]]> By: movie http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/11/18/because-government-has-so-much-cash-laying-around/comment-page-1/#comment-75813 movie Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:31:31 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=33593#comment-75813 I say we build a drive in and watch night at the Museum and call it a day. I say we build a drive in and watch night at the Museum and call it a day.

]]> By: philip branton http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/11/18/because-government-has-so-much-cash-laying-around/comment-page-1/#comment-75801 philip branton Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:33:45 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=33593#comment-75801 WOW...... "Bob Becker of the Strom Thurmond Institute for Government and Public Affairs at Clemson, said Greenville is a “linchpin” since it’s situated ..." http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20091118/BUSINESS/911180341/Cooperation-on-rail-energy-water-on-table-as-region-s-mayors-gather “There’s only so much we can widen I-85 between Atlanta and Charlotte for the next 50 years,” McCrory told The Greenville News . “Sooner or later, the congestion will overwhelm us, and we’ve got to have a choice over that congestion, and the choice most likely will be rail.” LOOK OUT ...taxpayers..!! The CSX and Norfolk-Southern SNOOKER Is on..!! We have the FUTURE here today.... www.unimodal.com has their demonstration facility in partnership with NASA at the AMES research facility ALREADY...!!! Rail WORKERS see no benefit to their PENSIONS from the AIR above the track they work on .... Electric Utility Workers see no benefit t their pensions from the AIR above their power line easements..... SC residents will allow MORE land to be confiscated to WIDEN RAIL easements that are NOT needed at all...!?!? To then subsidize AMTRAK...!?!?! LOL.....LOL..LOL !!! Talk about rail SLAVERY....!? Will the VOTERS even know they have a CHOICE...!?! Will any paper report the CHOICES...!?! From school system busing to Public transit tax holes....to 12 lane roads....to swathes of easements on serving ONE purpose instead of several....!?!? All the while our LANDFILLS grow ........... WOW……

“Bob Becker of the Strom Thurmond Institute for Government and Public Affairs at Clemson, said Greenville is a “linchpin” since it’s situated …”

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20091118/BUSINESS/911180341/Cooperation-on-rail-energy-water-on-table-as-region-s-mayors-gather

“There’s only so much we can widen I-85 between Atlanta and Charlotte for the next 50 years,” McCrory told The Greenville News . “Sooner or later, the congestion will overwhelm us, and we’ve got to have a choice over that congestion, and the choice most likely will be rail.”

LOOK OUT …taxpayers..!! The CSX and Norfolk-Southern SNOOKER Is on..!!

We have the FUTURE here today…. http://www.unimodal.com has their demonstration facility in partnership with NASA at the AMES research facility ALREADY…!!!

Rail WORKERS see no benefit to their PENSIONS from the AIR above the track they work on ….

Electric Utility Workers see no benefit t their pensions from the AIR above their power line easements…..

SC residents will allow MORE land to be confiscated to WIDEN RAIL easements that are NOT needed at all…!?!? To then subsidize AMTRAK…!?!?!

LOL…..LOL..LOL !!!

Talk about rail SLAVERY….!?

Will the VOTERS even know they have a CHOICE…!?!

Will any paper report the CHOICES…!?!

From school system busing to Public transit tax holes….to 12 lane roads….to swathes of easements on serving ONE purpose instead of several….!?!?

All the while our LANDFILLS grow ………..

]]> By: philip branton http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/11/18/because-government-has-so-much-cash-laying-around/comment-page-1/#comment-75797 philip branton Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:56:41 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=33593#comment-75797 ....LOL.... "..Regional Dynamics and Economic Modeling Laboratory of Strom Thurmond Institute of Government and Public Affairs at Clemson University..." Maybe this is MAYOR Bob is holding financial leadership forums..!?! ….LOL….

“..Regional Dynamics and Economic Modeling Laboratory of Strom Thurmond Institute of Government and Public Affairs at Clemson University…”

Maybe this is MAYOR Bob is holding financial leadership forums..!?!

]]> By: philip branton http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/11/18/because-government-has-so-much-cash-laying-around/comment-page-1/#comment-75796 philip branton Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:53:13 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=33593#comment-75796 Hmm...... My what ties that bind US all together around OUR state... http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/nov/18/johns-is-retail-homes-planneddevelopment-still/ MUTUAL Friends of the Planetarium.....??? Hmm……

My what ties that bind US all together around OUR state…

http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/nov/18/johns-is-retail-homes-planneddevelopment-still/

MUTUAL Friends of the Planetarium…..???

]]> By: Daniel http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/11/18/because-government-has-so-much-cash-laying-around/comment-page-1/#comment-75794 Daniel Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:35:57 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=33593#comment-75794 "We’re starting to blush over here … and not just because our founding editor happens to know the museum’s executive director 'a little bit,' as he is wont to say." I assume you mean the executive director of the Museum Foundation, as the executive director of the museum is William Calloway? “We’re starting to blush over here … and not just because our founding editor happens to know the museum’s executive director ‘a little bit,’ as he is wont to say.”

I assume you mean the executive director of the Museum Foundation, as the executive director of the museum is William Calloway?

]]> By: Todd http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/11/18/because-government-has-so-much-cash-laying-around/comment-page-1/#comment-75792 Todd Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:54:56 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=33593#comment-75792 Will this take money away from Mayor Bob re-paving Main Street for the 20th time in his 20 years or from adding another fountain and street scaping project at Five Points for the umpteenth time? Will this take money away from Mayor Bob re-paving Main Street for the 20th time in his 20 years or from adding another fountain and street scaping project at Five Points for the umpteenth time?

]]> By: What? http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/11/18/because-government-has-so-much-cash-laying-around/comment-page-1/#comment-75790 What? Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:44:49 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=33593#comment-75790 A planetarium and observatory? How early 1980s! Seriously, who do they expect to visit these places other than kids on taxpayer-funded school field trips? Oh, and those field trips will probably sihon kids away from the other taxpayer-funded project right down the street--EdVenture. The zoo seems to be the only project in the Milands that can actually pay for itself. A planetarium and observatory? How early 1980s! Seriously, who do they expect to visit these places other than kids on taxpayer-funded school field trips? Oh, and those field trips will probably sihon kids away from the other taxpayer-funded project right down the street–EdVenture. The zoo seems to be the only project in the Milands that can actually pay for itself.

]]> By: How should HAT be spent? http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/11/18/because-government-has-so-much-cash-laying-around/comment-page-1/#comment-75785 How should HAT be spent? Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:14:12 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=33593#comment-75785 I agree there are a lot of projects that get funds that would be better spent elsewhere or not at all. When it comes to Hospitality and Accommodation Tax funds, where should that money, which is suppose to go to support tourism, be spent? A lot of people complain when those funds are spent on one project over another. Having gone after and received funds from HAT grants, I'd like to know where you think that money should be spent? I agree there are a lot of projects that get funds that would be better spent elsewhere or not at all. When it comes to Hospitality and Accommodation Tax funds, where should that money, which is suppose to go to support tourism, be spent?

A lot of people complain when those funds are spent on one project over another. Having gone after and received funds from HAT grants, I’d like to know where you think that money should be spent?

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