Today happens to be the Antiplanner’s birthday, and I’ve always appreciated Congress for changing the first day of the fiscal year to my birthday back in 1977. This year, Congress appears poised to give me an extra-special present: a smaller government, even if only temporarily.
If the federal government shuts down, transportation and land-use will be among the major bones of contention in the debate. In August, Republicans worked hard to successfully prevent the Senate from passing the Democrat’s $54 billion transportation and housing budget (S. 1243). This bill would have spent at least $10 billion more than Republicans think is responsible, partly by funding a number of smart-growth programs.
One of those programs is called the “Choice Neighborhoods Initiative,” which provides $250 million for turning low-income neighborhoods into “sustainable mixed income neighborhoods with appropriate services, schools, public assets, transportation and access to jobs”–in other words, a smart-growth urban renewal program. The Democrat’s bill also provides more money for Amtrak, rail transit, and other questionable programs.
Generally viagra generic discount s require 50-60 minutes to be dissolved in the mouth for quick absorption and instant action. The over-riding message is that risk abounds in the supply chain and only properly structured and executed risk management approaches are likely to gain regulatory acceptance going forward. cost cialis In such condition, a person must avoid drinking grape juice or alcohol, must avoid viagra samples canada eating grapefruit or fatty foods, and do not drink alcohol or grape juice, and eating fatty meals or grapefruit must be strictly avoided. It will improve your performance so online levitra that you can not use this drug, much better not to try it to prevent side effects resulting from drug interactions.
When compared with the trillion-dollar budget deficit, $10 billion seems like a drop in the bucket. But the fact that much of that $10 billion is actually reducing the quality of life for millions of urban Americans is one more good reason for shutting down the government.
If the government shuts down, the Park Service says it will close all national park properties, even including bike paths in the DC area, many of which are managed by the Park Service. That sounds like a Washington Monument strategy if I’ve heard one. In any case, a government shutdown will lead to both shrieking protests from some and a realization on the part of many that they really don’t need the federal government managing their day-to-day lives.
You’d be surprised how much of government you wouldn’t miss.
-John Stossel
Most people don’t realize how little they get out of the federal government. The bulk of public services, civil and criminal courts, roads, utilities, police, schools and fire protection are created, funded and administered locally. The feds, who collect the lions share of the taxes, provide only war, social security and crony capitalism; all of which I can do without.
“f the government shuts down, the Park Service says it will close all national park properties, even including bike paths in the DC area, many of which are managed by the Park Service. That sounds like a Washington Monument strategy if I’ve heard one. ”
Yep. Although some parks can use a break. Today’s Yosemite’s “birthday” (something you share), and it gets to celebrate in relative quiet, sans cars. Perhaps the spirits of the Ahwahnechee people, from whom the valley was stolen, are smiling today.
I think even with the shutdown, people should be able to hike in to parks.
This further makes the case for removing national parks from bankrupt political management and placing them in trusts where the People can directly manage them.
National parks are for prestige purposes….We don’t need a federal attachment to operate these parks, I’ve always thought that whatever lands exist as parks, monuments, battlefields, etc should be transferred to state scale management and getting rid of the federal Department of Interior. Multi=state cooperatives can be established for such places that exist in more than one state (ex: Yellowstone). With the parks essentially closed, I’ve always wondered what a national park would be like in the absence of any humans or human presence. Would real nature take it’s course.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJVQowigxFM
VA benefits, food, workplace, and airline safety inspections, disease research, tax refunds, flu surveillance . . .Yeah, we can do without those.
Are you implying fed gov creates food?
I work for local gov and sure would love the fed gov to do a safety inspection; they’d find lead paint, asbestos, 64-degree work environment, and extremely poor indoor air quality.
Airline safety inspections do not have to be done by the fed gov. Perhaps it would be better that a bankrupt gov DIDN’T do inspections for this very reason.
Fed gov accounts for only a third of biomedical research spending. Rest is private funding.
And Google is potentially better at early flu detection than the CDC.
As for VA, if fed gov would stop initiating unconstitutional war, would be a non-issue.