Comments on: Is 2008 the Year of “Bilk the Poor” in Arkansas? http://www.thearkansasproject.com/is-2008-the-year-of-bilk-the-poor-in-arkansas/ News and Views on Politics, Policy and More Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:41:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: AJ Lynch http://www.thearkansasproject.com/is-2008-the-year-of-bilk-the-poor-in-arkansas/#comment-163 AJ Lynch Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:35:59 +0000 http://www.thearkansasproject.com/?p=543#comment-163 Freeman: In New Jersey,Governor Corzine had to do just that. He cut the state's budget so it is actually spending less this year than last year. The funny thing is, the governor is embarrassed he had to do it. He is a Dem of course and he is still trying to find new "revenue" streams so he can go back to spending. At the Governor's convention (held justafter Corzine cut the budget), he went around bad mouthing the federal government and say it had to give more money to the states for things like infrastructure repairs. Of course, our governor, Fat Eddie Rendell was there and was leading that charge. There was a time when Corzine would have been viewed as a genius by his peers for cutting spending. Now he is viewed as an unfortunate victim. The Dems are so stupid they missed an opportunity to brag to taxpayers that they had a governor who could save state money. Go figure. Freeman:

In New Jersey,Governor Corzine had to do just that. He cut the state’s budget so it is actually spending less this year than last year.

The funny thing is, the governor is embarrassed he had to do it. He is a Dem of course and he is still trying to find new “revenue” streams so he can go back to spending.

At the Governor’s convention (held justafter Corzine cut the budget), he went around bad mouthing the federal government and say it had to give more money to the states for things like infrastructure repairs. Of course, our governor, Fat Eddie Rendell was there and was leading that charge.

There was a time when Corzine would have been viewed as a genius by his peers for cutting spending. Now he is viewed as an unfortunate victim. The Dems are so stupid they missed an opportunity to brag to taxpayers that they had a governor who could save state money. Go figure.

]]> By: Murphy Commissioner http://www.thearkansasproject.com/is-2008-the-year-of-bilk-the-poor-in-arkansas/#comment-162 Murphy Commissioner Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:19:20 +0000 http://www.thearkansasproject.com/?p=543#comment-162 I see the libs have recently been chastizing conservatives for not thinking things through. If only the socialist elites were in charge, then all posibilities would be considered with proper weight and thus no need for free markets and the price system to order commerce and efficiently allocate resources. But wait. In the case of the lottery, if more money for college scholarships is provided, doesn't that mean more kids requiring remediation? Will the lottery cover that? The government monopoly k-12 system in Arkansas properly prepares about half of the incoming freshmen for AR. colleges so these scholarships will likely swell their number proportionately. Please ask your nearest lib to think it through. (I wonder how the market would handle such a thing)? The Murphy Commission recomendations for streamlining and and cost savings in state government are as relevant today as they were in 1998--the numbers are just much bigger. These recommendations required political courage and leadership to implement such as Mark Sanford is providing in South Carolina, not what we have or have had in Arkansas. I see the libs have recently been chastizing conservatives for not thinking things through. If only the socialist elites were in charge, then all posibilities would be considered with proper weight and thus no need for free markets and the price system to order commerce and efficiently allocate resources.

But wait. In the case of the lottery, if more money for college scholarships is provided, doesn’t that mean more kids requiring remediation? Will the lottery cover that? The government monopoly k-12 system in Arkansas properly prepares about half of the incoming freshmen for AR. colleges so these scholarships will likely swell their number proportionately. Please ask your nearest lib to think it through. (I wonder how the market would handle such a thing)?

The Murphy Commission recomendations for streamlining and and cost savings in state government are as relevant today as they were in 1998–the numbers are just much bigger. These recommendations required political courage and leadership to implement such as Mark Sanford is providing in South Carolina, not what we have or have had in Arkansas.

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