04-29-2008, 08:12 PM
My objection is that it makes it appear that the US Government has money lying around that they can give back to us whenever we seem to be feeling blue. To me, it is a Fairy Tale Fix to a problem, and not a solution or a reform. And it's funny to me that the people who complain about our Nanny Government don't seem to mind it at all.
Granted, I am glad to get the money. But I would be more glad if somebody would figure out how to make the government run leaner and meaner. And I don't mean by cutting out a social program, either. I think the govt could do everything it does now and maybe more at half the price if there was some serious ass-kicking to force the government to apply the same budgetary measures, cautions, and spending that so many other organizations can and do.
Granted, I am glad to get the money. But I would be more glad if somebody would figure out how to make the government run leaner and meaner. And I don't mean by cutting out a social program, either. I think the govt could do everything it does now and maybe more at half the price if there was some serious ass-kicking to force the government to apply the same budgetary measures, cautions, and spending that so many other organizations can and do.