Comments on: Not enough? We’ll print more! http://utahvoices.com/not-enough/ Utah has issues Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:08:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Chad http://utahvoices.com/not-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Chad Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:17:20 +0000 http://utahvoices.com/?p=80#comment-4 Nice article! Another example of Backwards Budgeting close to home is the constant state of road construction in Utah. The Federal Government hands our $X every year toward the highways and if it isn't spent, they don't get as much next year. Why would that matter? Well, youz gotsta keep your paycheck every year! So, do a slop job on the roads and plan for $X of projects in the years to come and secure your paycheck for another few years. It think, I would hope, that Ron Paul or Mitt Romney would have had the courage to help implement the necessary sacrifices. But not with the two options we have now. So it comes down to where you spend, who your tax breaks go to, and what level government really should get involved. Have you heard about the banks holding onto the bailout money for acquisitions of other banks and padding "in case" there is a depression? http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/25/business/25nocera.html I mean, the last thing any of us should be doing is bailing out these bad businesses. If they fail and our country goes down, at least it will be a swifter blow and recovery then dragging it out like this. The band-aid just needs to get ripped off. Nice article! Another example of Backwards Budgeting close to home is the constant state of road construction in Utah. The Federal Government hands our $X every year toward the highways and if it isn’t spent, they don’t get as much next year. Why would that matter? Well, youz gotsta keep your paycheck every year! So, do a slop job on the roads and plan for $X of projects in the years to come and secure your paycheck for another few years.

It think, I would hope, that Ron Paul or Mitt Romney would have had the courage to help implement the necessary sacrifices. But not with the two options we have now. So it comes down to where you spend, who your tax breaks go to, and what level government really should get involved. Have you heard about the banks holding onto the bailout money for acquisitions of other banks and padding “in case” there is a depression? http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/25/business/25nocera.html

I mean, the last thing any of us should be doing is bailing out these bad businesses. If they fail and our country goes down, at least it will be a swifter blow and recovery then dragging it out like this. The band-aid just needs to get ripped off.

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