Comments on: This Shouldn’t Surprise You. http://www.theagitator.com/2003/02/24/this-shouldnt-surprise-you/ It rankles me when somebody tries to tell somebody what to do. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Shotwell http://www.theagitator.com/2003/02/24/this-shouldnt-surprise-you/comment-page-1/#comment-18327 Shotwell Wed, 26 Feb 2003 18:04:35 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=1966#comment-18327 I work for the government and I really know the JOYS! of spending other peoples money. I work for the government and I really know the JOYS! of spending other peoples money.

]]> By: scanner http://www.theagitator.com/2003/02/24/this-shouldnt-surprise-you/comment-page-1/#comment-18326 scanner Wed, 26 Feb 2003 14:58:30 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=1966#comment-18326 Im not surprised. Politics are politics. Im not surprised. Politics are politics.

]]> By: Jay Langan http://www.theagitator.com/2003/02/24/this-shouldnt-surprise-you/comment-page-1/#comment-18325 Jay Langan Tue, 25 Feb 2003 19:23:38 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=1966#comment-18325 It's not surprising. I have been asking for years now, who in government will have the courage to write a law banning smoking. If it is as bad as everyone says it is, it should be a no brainer. They talk one way and then take the money. It's the easy way out. It’s not surprising. I have been asking for years now, who in government will have the courage to write a law banning smoking. If it is as bad as everyone says it is, it should be a no brainer. They talk one way and then take the money. It’s the easy way out.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.theagitator.com/2003/02/24/this-shouldnt-surprise-you/comment-page-1/#comment-18324 Anonymous Tue, 25 Feb 2003 16:31:53 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=1966#comment-18324 Amazing. Just like putting the numbers business out of business and then starting Lotto. If it makes money the gov't wants in. Amazing.

Just like putting the numbers business out of business and then starting Lotto.

If it makes money the gov’t wants in.

]]> By: Garrett Soden http://www.theagitator.com/2003/02/24/this-shouldnt-surprise-you/comment-page-1/#comment-18323 Garrett Soden Tue, 25 Feb 2003 01:32:34 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=1966#comment-18323 This doesn't surprise me. It reminds me of time I spent as an employee of a non-profit agency that promoted carpooling and public transportation in Los Angeles. All employees were urged to vote for a .5% sales tax increase which was GUARANTEED to go to the construction of public transportation: specifically, commuter rail. As soon as the tax increase passed, the agency I worked for submitted a proposal to grab some of the newly-available funds - to create a newsletter that would encourage people to ride. Not exactly money spent on golf carts, but hardly money that went to actual construction. That experience (and others at the same agency) left me deeply cynical about promises about funding. This doesn’t surprise me. It reminds me of time I spent as an employee of a non-profit agency that promoted carpooling and public transportation in Los Angeles. All employees were urged to vote for a .5% sales tax increase which was GUARANTEED to go to the construction of public transportation: specifically, commuter rail. As soon as the tax increase passed, the agency I worked for submitted a proposal to grab some of the newly-available funds – to create a newsletter that would encourage people to ride. Not exactly money spent on golf carts, but hardly money that went to actual construction. That experience (and others at the same agency) left me deeply cynical about promises about funding.

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