http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/07/09/you-have-to-pay-for-the-public-life/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:42:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/07/09/you-have-to-pay-for-the-public-life/#comment-8103 spiderleggreen Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:18:07 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1032#comment-8103 While Tom may be poking fun at some folks who've had tough times for a long time, and are deserving of some of the stimulus money, that doesn't mean that spending a majority of the stimulus money on places where most the people aren't, is a good idea. I know that in my state, we always here about how the big, fancy city's get to spend all this money on fancy projects, while the rural areas have to scrape by. Well it's true that the cities receive more revenue than small towns. But the cities are where the vast majority of the taxes are generated. It's also where most people live. It turns out that the conservative, small towns that chastise the cities for their lavish spending on welfare queens... etc, are actually on the dole themselves. Just like Red States, they receive more money than they generate. They have a nice racket, preaching self-reliance to the heathens in the city. It's time for urbanite's to demand their share of the pie. That is where it's likely to have the most impact. While Tom may be poking fun at some folks who’ve had tough times for a long time, and are deserving of some of the stimulus money, that doesn’t mean that spending a majority of the stimulus money on places where most the people aren’t, is a good idea. I know that in my state, we always here about how the big, fancy city’s get to spend all this money on fancy projects, while the rural areas have to scrape by. Well it’s true that the cities receive more revenue than small towns. But the cities are where the vast majority of the taxes are generated. It’s also where most people live. It turns out that the conservative, small towns that chastise the cities for their lavish spending on welfare queens… etc, are actually on the dole themselves. Just like Red States, they receive more money than they generate. They have a nice racket, preaching self-reliance to the heathens in the city. It’s time for urbanite’s to demand their share of the pie. That is where it’s likely to have the most impact.

]]> http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/07/09/you-have-to-pay-for-the-public-life/#comment-8092 Ashley Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:10:19 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1032#comment-8092 That is kinda mean what you say about Appalachia. One could argue that at least one reason for the region's atrocious poverty is its lack of adequate infrastructure. It is not a "hotbed of innovation" because people with snobby attitudes like yours have for decades ignored Appalachia. Stimulus money is for the ENTIRE country...not just the big cities. Shame on you Tom, I though someone with your intellect would rise above making elitist digs at impoverished regions of the US. That is kinda mean what you say about Appalachia. One could argue that at least one reason for the region’s atrocious poverty is its lack of adequate infrastructure. It is not a “hotbed of innovation” because people with snobby attitudes like yours have for decades ignored Appalachia. Stimulus money is for the ENTIRE country…not just the big cities. Shame on you Tom, I though someone with your intellect would rise above making elitist digs at impoverished regions of the US.

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