tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723919362465373678.post6445703717344220168..comments2024-03-17T04:16:13.173-05:00Comments on Spootville: Just how incompetant is the government?Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839929976191484047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723919362465373678.post-31790012076681246282013-03-20T13:09:15.321-05:002013-03-20T13:09:15.321-05:00I think that you are right. Its worth noting that...I think that you are right. Its worth noting that both republicans and democrats are fond of all of this spending.<br /><br />So, why aren't more of us anarchists?Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17839929976191484047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723919362465373678.post-50058104638169415452013-03-20T12:53:36.342-05:002013-03-20T12:53:36.342-05:00Such a commuter-rail line would build on the “succ...<i>Such a commuter-rail line would build on the “success” of Portland’s Westside Express Service from Wilsonville to Beaverton. This line, which was built with a mere 60 percent cost overrun, attracted a whopping 724 round trips per average weekday in 2011 by zipping along at an average speed of 34 mph. The line collected a total of $386,000 in fares against operation and maintenance costs exceeding $6.6 million.</i><br /><br />Oh the Government is far from incompetent. You only need to shift you're viewpoint and get rid of this misplaced idea that the Government exists for the benefit of the taxpayers.<br /><br /><b>The line collected a total of $386,000 in fares against operation and maintenance costs exceeding $6.6 million.</b><br /><br />That's 6.6 million tax dollars paid out to the construction/engineering/architecture firms and workers to build and maintain the thing. In return, their lobbyists and unions gave campaign contributions to the politicians that voted for and approved the entire project.<br /><br />That IS the entire point of building the damn thing. To take the money of the working sheeple and spread it around to all the special interests. The train system is just the means to the desired end.<br /><br />I know this because we're getting the exact same treatment here in Hawaii.<br /><br />My car used to cost $75 a year to register with the DMV. Thanks to the tax hikes approved to build "THE TRAIN," I'm gonna have to fork over $379 by the end of this month just to have that little sticker on my license plate to keep from having the cops from pulling me over.<br /><br />Is the Government really incompetent?<br /><br />Only if you take their supposedly stated goals at face value.<br /><br />But if you really look at what it's doing (hidden serfdom and enslavement of the masses), the Government is super-capable.Keoni Galtnoreply@blogger.com