It's not their money, but yours from your future

Friday, April 3, 2009

Since we live in Maryland, I will address that which particularly pertains to us. We have a governor who absolutely left the school system in Baltimore in shambles when he was mayor. Why on earth would the people make him governor?

Well, folks, the party has just begun. Wait until you see what the majority party will do to you now. For sure, they are not going to do anything for you.

Bear in mind, once this stimulus money is disbursed there is absolutely no way of keeping track of it. Can't you see the powers in Annapolis just drooling over this windfall? Instead of accepting responsibility for placing us in this mess, and carefully studying how best they can create self-restraint and correct their past misuses of our money before they start implementing this blood money our government is about to bless us with, you can bet the store this won't happen. 

What the powers to be should do is lock that money up so tight it cannot be touched until they have done their homework. First, by cutting all unnecessary spending, and there is loads of that, restructuring their wish lists to prove they understand where we need to be, not where they want to be, and start holding town meetings to learn what we want before they spend one red cent of that money. Money that is not their money but your money from your future pockets.

Just one example. For years the powers in Annapolis have spent time and lots of money to get slot machines in Maryland. They have told us many times over that it would create millions for our schools and other sundry items (those not too clearly spelled out). That figure has now been reduced far short of their original promise.

Think of your money spent to finally get this on the ballot. They did, it passed and guess what? They cannot find anyone stupid enough to give them millions of dollars, as deposits, up front with no caveats as to the return of these deposits if things did not work out. I voted against this measure because I figured that Delaware, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia would just wait until all was set up and working and then they would really loosen up their machines so as not to lose the Marylanders who bring them lots of money.

Another example is O'Malley's decision to add $l per cigarette pack in additional taxes. The first months after this was implemented, revenues on cigarettes fell by a whopping 25 percent, because smart smokers just went across state lines to get their smokes. We have such a smart governor.

Now tell me just how smart you think our powers in Annapolis are going to be in disbursing all this blood money they are about to inherit.

M.L. Rose, Great Mills