Imagine you run a daycare. It’s big business, and the state gives you a big bucket of money for each kid you watch. You don’t even watch the kid as much as you should, and sometimes they get exposed to things they shouldn’t, but you still get paid to “watch” them.
Democrats love other people’s money. Nothing they imagine for the government (or their role in it) is possible without that. So, why would they step back from an opportunity at 46 million (free dollars!) in Federal Funds? Tax money they didn’t have to vote to steal.
Given the “complexion” of our incoming New Hampshire legislature, we should take a moment to revisit a phrase you’ll be hearing a lot more around the Granite State. “Free money.” ‘Free money’ is taxes for which (the individual using the term) did not have to “vote” to collect them. Someone else, further away and more difficult … Read more
You’ve heard it time and again. Some state or local official promotes a project or a legisaltive initiative because there’s a federal grant available. These sorts of “thinkers” will often implement long-term programs at great expense based on promises of “free money.” The Federal government is paying X percent of costs for Y number of years. How … Read more
In late April the NH Senate pulled a four million dollar rail study line-item out of the State’s ten-year transportation budget. The Senate passed the amended version, denying the choo-choo fetishists yet another expensive act of engineering voyeurism. The advocates for waste, fraud, and abuse were not happy.
SHOT: Oregon lawmakers consider ending Medicaid expansion to shore up budget. Democratic lawmakers in Oregon are considering ending the state’s Medicaid expansion in an effort to address a $1.6 billion budget shortfall. The state’s Ways and Means committee, which includes both senators and representatives, suggested cutting Medicaid expansion in an effort to curb Oregon’s $1.6 billion budget … Read more
“Free money! Free money!“; all the politicians and spenders love “Free money” when they deceive themselves and lie to us that “it won’t cost you a penny”! Now Concord NH is doing it again. Loudon Road is the main commercial drag in town and it is time to do a re-paving. And once again, “the … Read more
Skip just posted a nice letter from the Londonderry Superintendent of schools in which the Super appears to lobby the state Senate in opposition to HB1607. This bill establishes an education tax credit for businesses or groups that set up scholarship programs to help offset the costs of non-public school tuition. This could allow more … Read more
Part 1: The "lure" of free money – all the politicians jump for it, thinking that they can "give" something to someone and it doesn’t cost local taxpayers anything. During yesterday’s show, we got this from Dan (using GrokTALK@GraniteGrok.com): Using the 16th amendment the federal government takes our money, then turns around and gives a … Read more
OK, I’m on a theme tonight – and that’s OK as I’m trying to transition from doing so many live events and go back to regular blogging…OK, from last year, but bears repeating. Another good "offer" from the Feds: You can have this money ($3.2 million), State of NH, IF you pass a law that … Read more
By now, anyone who’s not politically asleep at the wheel ought to know that the American Library Association (ALA) is no friend of any community of decent people. Please talk to people like Beth Scaer and her husband or Rep Arlene Quaratiello or Cindy Bennett if you want to learn more.
Executive Council Protest – Wed, Sept 29 @ 7:30 AM – We need to send a LOUD message to the Executive Council that we DO NOT WANT federal grants with strings attached and 13 new vaccine propaganda bureaucrats.
Back in 2018, before the midterm elections, the warnings were there. The country class elected Trump in 2016, and the ruling class was very unhappy about that. The Left was well into their war plan to claw it back by any means necessary.
President Trump signed an Executive Order today that “directs 12 grant-making agencies to use their authority in coordination with the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to ensure institutions that receive federal research or education grants promote free speech and free inquiry. ”
The image above (no longer available), is the exercise of political speech by people trying to get the money out of speech. I don’t believe that is desirable, so naturally, I have some questions.
This is what Democrats do because they hate productive people: I found this to be true – a lot of them, when required to pay for something themselves, would refuse to pull the bucks out of their own pockets. But when someone else is paying? No problem! And they’d complain EVERY time when I presented … Read more
Grokster Steve has the deserved outrage from Cornerstone here – they are claiming that $100K contribution to New Hampshire Republicans for Freedom & Equality from Peter Singer is an illegal contribution to this PAC. My take is: So, taking Big Bucks from the Big Time moderate is YOUR end to his means? Or is this … Read more
Free money from the Feds, from the State, from the County…..Free! Free! Free! Hey, grab it, because that money is FREE to our taxpayers – it doesn’t cost US a thing! But those that wish to spend it, that lust after it, they hate it when the obvious truth comes out – er, it’s not … Read more
Associated post is here.
This is my weekly column for the Laconia Daily Sun published in today’s paper (pdf here, pg.4). More details regarding the issues mentioned involving the JAG grant can be found here, here here here here here and here. "All politics" is local. Exercising the First by Doug LambertFeeding the Beast As I dig deeper and deeper … Read more