I've been tempted, many times, to ask you the same question. Eric Westhagen wrote: > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> > <html> > <head> > <meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> > </head> > <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> > Have you truly lost your marbles?<br> > <br> > <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a> wrote: > <blockquote > > cite="mid:20090114192801.226f28702ba48d911de7d6af39762d61.d93314118c....@email.secureserver.net" > type="cite"> > <pre wrap="">Wisconsin, a big spending State??? according to > > <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" > href="http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/287.html";>http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/287.html</a> > > <b><i>Wisconsin is right smack in the middle of State spending per > household. > With a fact-challenged model of reality like yours it is no wonder that > people who share a similarly delusional model of reality (like the > Governor of the #1 big spending state with almost 3 times Wisconsin's > spending) don't seem to be able to win elections right now. > > But don't worry Eric, I'm going to do my damnedest to make sure Madison > doesn't squander its infrastructure dollars on cheap-oil-dependent > projects that would make our nation more economically vulnerable to > energy supply disruptions and ruthless financial hucksters looking to > make their weekly quota for Sub-Prime-ARMs with an instant second > mortgage so they can retire to the apostle islands next year. > </i> > How's that book going?<font size="+1"> > </font></b> > </pre> > <blockquote type="cite"> > <pre wrap="">-------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Fwd: Mayor appealing TPC decision > From: Eric Westhagen <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" > href="mailto:[email protected]";><[email protected]></a> > Date: Wed, January 14, 2009 5:37 pm > To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>, > BikiesSubmissions <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" > href="mailto:[email protected]";><[email protected]></a> > Reply: > </pre> > </blockquote> > </blockquote> > Reply:<br> > <br> > Typical Democrat/(or Republican) solution to a presumed problem by > preemption to other problems. If the big spending states like > Wisconsin find they have a turn down in tax revenues during an economic > slowdown, what does infrastructure squandering have to do with that > problem. And what does infrastructure squandering to large vetted > contractors have to do with "stimulating anything?    Obfuscation, > --grab it while you can, --turn the money printing presses on and send > the country down to.......!<br> > <br> > Eric<br> > <br> > <br> > <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a> > wrote: > <pre wrap="">I've got a regular obligation on Tuesday - but if I can head > out of the > council at 7:00pm I might be able to speak. > > In the meantime, it seems House Democrats may have a solution to the > funding issue: $165 billion stimulus targeted directly to local > government infrastructure projects. That's right - no command and > control WISDOT standing in the way with its hand ready to snatch all the > federal transportation funding so they can build superhighway > insterchanges that cities don't want! Based on the percentage of US > residents that live in Madison, our share would be about $121 million: > > <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" > > href="http://www.madison.com/wsj/mad/latest/432683";>http://www.madison.com/wsj/mad/latest/432683</a> > > I say delay the CTH M expansion (and others) for now with the > understanding that those expansion projects would be considered as > candidates for any potential Federal stimulus funding - and direct the > savings into providing a bus system with affordable fares and high > quality. > > - Matt > > > > </pre> > <br> > <br> > <blockquote > > cite="mid:20090114192801.226f28702ba48d911de7d6af39762d61.d93314118c....@email.secureserver.net" > type="cite"> > <pre wrap=""><!----> > > > > </pre> > </blockquote> > </body> > </html> > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >
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