Thoughts and opinions from the Rocky Mountains
So, if original claims were correct, I guess we can expect 58,000 jobs to be created or saved within the next year and a half.
What, you say it’s hard to gauge when jobs are “saved?” No matter, that makes it easier to take credit!
Links:
About 1,000 jobs in Colorado are linked to federal stimulus (Denver Post)
Stimulus is not creating or “saving” jobs in Colorado (Colorado Libertarian Party Blog)
Of all the things that could be done with the stimulus money Colorado has received, Denver has opted to devote $250,000 to adding and fixing bike lanes.
Now, I’m all for staying healthy and cutting down on polution (by personal choice, not some government mandate), but this feels a little frivilous to me. How long will this put unemployed folks back to work? Is an increase in bike lanes really going to increase tourism or attract more businesses to the Denver area?
The answer to all three questions is that it’ll be a marginal improvement at best. So, then, why are bike lanes such a big deal?
To be fair, dead people are the poorest voters out there, and they do vote Democrat. Why wouldn’t the government help them out?
Well, maybe not yet, but they’ve put in the request.
According to the Colorado Springs Business Journal, The Colorado Springs Police Department has requested $11.7M in bailout stimulus money.
Now, here’s my problem: public safety is important, and the police need enough money to do their job, but there were tax increases and whatnot on the ballot last November that were voted down. Quite simply, the people chose lower taxes over public safety.
However, instead of listening to the people and adapting, CSPD has requested stimulus funding, which will have to be paid back via taxes, meaning we’re having the tax increase we voted down forced on us. Is this right?
