The Media of Inevitability
Well folks, the truly inevitable has happened. The media are defending ridiculous pork ideas.
The lastest is Todd Dorman, who chides Republicans for coming out against a 12-story "Tower of Invincibility" in Vedic City. This is a part of Culver's new I-Jobs plan. Dorman thinks Republicans should be ashamed of themselves and lay off this plan. He says that when we drive by this tower, we'll continue on to the Anamosa school district, where they will have a new middle school equipped with handicaped-accessible entrances.
My, how could we be SO shallow? And here we thought the massive tax increase known as the Local Option Sales Tax was to take care of school infrastructure needs. How could we be so misguided? Coulda fooled us.
We don't even care about the fact that it's technically a religious symbol. God forbid we chastise anyone other than Christians.
Imagine if we wanted a12-story "Cross of Invincibility," or a 12-story "Baptismal Water Fountain of Invincibility." Think that would fly? Heck no. Nor are we advocating for Christian symbols to be paid for with a $750 million line of credit that Culver's proposed.
What bleeding hearts don't get is that the end doesn't always justify the means. Just because a school (that should have used their local option funds) builds a new ramp doesn't mean I want to drive by a ridiculous-looking tower on the way to see it.
Really - this is how you justify the tower? That would be like feeding your kids a cupcake, skittles, ice cream, chocolate milk and a bagful of M&M's - but saying it's OK because once they're done with that, they'll eat a vegetable.
Government debt, in these turbulent times, is abysmally stupid. Let's instead focus on sound budget techniques, and start with cutting some of the billion dollars in new spending put forth by this governor and Legislature in the past two years...which, coincidentally, is just about the size of our current shortfall.
The lastest is Todd Dorman, who chides Republicans for coming out against a 12-story "Tower of Invincibility" in Vedic City. This is a part of Culver's new I-Jobs plan. Dorman thinks Republicans should be ashamed of themselves and lay off this plan. He says that when we drive by this tower, we'll continue on to the Anamosa school district, where they will have a new middle school equipped with handicaped-accessible entrances.
My, how could we be SO shallow? And here we thought the massive tax increase known as the Local Option Sales Tax was to take care of school infrastructure needs. How could we be so misguided? Coulda fooled us.
We don't even care about the fact that it's technically a religious symbol. God forbid we chastise anyone other than Christians.
Imagine if we wanted a12-story "Cross of Invincibility," or a 12-story "Baptismal Water Fountain of Invincibility." Think that would fly? Heck no. Nor are we advocating for Christian symbols to be paid for with a $750 million line of credit that Culver's proposed.
What bleeding hearts don't get is that the end doesn't always justify the means. Just because a school (that should have used their local option funds) builds a new ramp doesn't mean I want to drive by a ridiculous-looking tower on the way to see it.
Really - this is how you justify the tower? That would be like feeding your kids a cupcake, skittles, ice cream, chocolate milk and a bagful of M&M's - but saying it's OK because once they're done with that, they'll eat a vegetable.
Government debt, in these turbulent times, is abysmally stupid. Let's instead focus on sound budget techniques, and start with cutting some of the billion dollars in new spending put forth by this governor and Legislature in the past two years...which, coincidentally, is just about the size of our current shortfall.
Amen!
It is hard to reationalize some of the items in this spending scheme. You are right, where did the dollars go from the option taxes that were to fix schools and roads?
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