TSPLOST vetting process slogs on
T-SPLOST meetings continue to be held around the county in the lead-up to the next May 24 question and answer session at the Barnesville Civic Center. It will be held at 7 p.m.
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So, basically, we're being told to vote on this to pass, OR ELSE.
Ok, just so I understand......
The Interstates are examples of what were good investments. I don't know that changing Highway 36 to a four lane is worthwhile, long term, for the community or state.
"Should the government have the power to take earnings from productive citizens and give it to unproductive citizens and their offspring?"
I guess we all know that even though we may answer "no" , the question is moot, since THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T CARE WHAT WE THINK ANYWAY!!!
Also, can one of the 27 respondents who answered "yes" to the question please give your reason for your vote?
Cats, I do look at the Polldaddy polls and vote in them. There was one on T-SPLOST a while back that was overwhelming in its answer... :)
There are 2 statements in this article that bother me a lot... the first is “We’re here to educate you, not to be for or against it,” said Boatwright. “At the last meeting there were people who didn’t want the public to be educated.” because there was no one at that last meeting to my knowledge who did not want the public to be educated... at least no one that came to ask questions!
The other is “There’s a lot of money going to state route 36,” said Hiett. “It’ll be underway or done by the time the tax expires." I would personally think that, with the kind of money this tax will bring in, they could finish the project in 10 years... unless the money just did not materialize, which also means they have wasted our tax dollars...
Oh, and one more...the TRRC is made up of elected officials from 10 counties, but each county only has 3 representatives to my knowledge. Check the Three Rivers Regional Commission website under Council to see who is on it.
There is much to be learned before July 31st when we have to vote on this thing... let's not let the public be uneducated about T-SPLOST or Regional Commissions for that matter.
Julia
I'm dismayed by how we tend to give oversimplistic answers to complex issues.
The mark of any advanced society is to help those who need help. For example, if someone is being attacked or robbed, law enforcement should respond. The same is true for fires and the fire department, and medical emergencies.
This is also true for people who, through no fault of their own, cannot have survival levels of medical care, shelter, and food.
What we tend to do, or what has become a political norm now, is to go all extremest and say all aid or redistribution is wrong. It is like greed has become the new normal.
Let's look locally, at Carter's. At the behest of big business, who finance both of our political parties, we make unfair and unreasonable trade deals. Manufacturing moves offshore, and nothing replaces it. Because our leaders made it advantageous to buy offshore, we take a thousand people who can never do anything more than work in production, and put them out of work.
We won't change things to correct the root cause of people who are not working, and we won't feed or house them. We expect them to get non-existent jobs.
We are teaching some people not to work, and forcing others to not work, and we blame safety nets for the problems our own businesses and government creates.
There isn't a society in history that has successfully functioned and advanced, or led the world, in the long term without some form of wealth redistribution and protection of jobs. Without it, all of the money migrates to a smaller and smaller top echelon, or goes overseas, and stays there.
It's time we started using common sense, instead of parroting rhetoric sewn by those who fund our elections. Our system used to work very well, prior to 1980.
Tom
When my husband's company in Denver closed down, and The Gates Rubber Company had supported generations in Denver, much like Carter's, I think, I worked 2 jobs while he went to school full-time to train for a new field.
In my single days, I was known to work 1 full time and 2 part time jobs and eat in my car while driving between jobs, just to keep myself afloat.
I'm in my late 50's and have never drawn unemployment or had any type of handout in my life.
I guess I just cannot fathom why others aren't like me.
And I suppose that's not fair of me. I really should never judge others like I've been doing.
I appreciate the wake-up call. I'm not being facetious either. I really do need to be more tolerant.