The Antiplanner is spending the next week in Hawaii to talk with people about both transportation and land-use planning. On Friday from 9:30 am to 11:00 am, I’ll speak about transportation issues at the University of Hawaii, Holmes Hall 353, Honolulu.
On Tuesday, June 29, I’ll speak on land-use issues at a luncheon at 1132 Bishop Street, #306, Honolulu. Also on the agenda will be land-use law Professor David Callies and planning Professor Tom Dinell. The lunch is $25; if you would like to attend, call 808-285-8591 or email Linda by June 25.
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Posting may be light for the next few days. I plan on bringing my BikeFriday and cycling around during my free time, including a three-day visit to the Big Island. Let me know if you are in Oahu or Hawaii and would like to join me for a ride.
Word on the street is that Oahu is looking to build Heavy/Commuter type rail and Maui is looking to build light rail. See what you can dig up.
Gov is now about 42% of the GDP. That is not helping prosperity & is leading to more disaster.
About 1/2 of cabinets should be eliminated & all budgets cut. The states should have more responsibilities (still less overall).
Here’s a recent article on the DOT:
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/68254
Scott,
Are you saying that the states should have more responsibilities than the feds, but fewer responsibilities than the general public? I don’t quite follow what you’re saying.
Yes, it could be said that way, with a focus on individual responsibility. Much of gov spending is redistribution to individuals, rather than items for all, mainly protection, then there is general infrastructure.
Of course there is plenty of waste & extra high salaries w/benefits & pensions; & there’s crony capitalism where favors are given to certain businesses.
But remember it works both ways in crony capitalism–businesses know that they can buy/strongarm favors from elected positions by offering to bring jobs in to or move jobs out of an area, and they leverage this influence against the power of any sort of “free market” principles in the name of their own self-interest. I think deciding who is to blame for starting this system may be a chicken and egg argument (I don’t know enough about the history of business and lobbying), but it is important to recognize that business isn’t exactly pushing the government out of the market in the name of “individual responsibility.”
Business-political favors are just a minor part of the problem. Although, excess regs & high tax rates are counter-productive, & cost for more than any favoritism does.
Gov does too much & very inefficiently.
All gov spending at about 25% of GDP (rather than the 42% now) would be a good amount. That would allow for much more prosperity.
Very little federal payments to states will help; the tax money is the same source. Examples: Why should taxpayers nationally pay over $20 billion for the Big Dig? Same for a $16 billion subway in NYC (only 8 mi long).