Stupid Ideas – Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

First the Governor has a <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/1347-Think.html">mind dump</a> on what to do with the excess monies the State seems to have and now a Republican is having just as big of <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2005/11/28/build/state/31-aspecialsession.inc">brain fart</a> as the Governor. n n<blockquote>House Republican leader Roy Brown said the state has a projected surplus in excess of $300 million that could be split up for school funding, property tax relief and to negate a coming water usage fee earmarked for the state's water rights adjudication system. n nBrown said "bridge funding" for schools would allow them to put more money into the current school funding formula. That would give the interim committee more time to come up with a complex fix for a system the state Supreme Court has ruled unconstitutional. </blockquote> n nThis is one time money, how are you going to use it for property tax relief or to negate the water usage fee you were so proud of when you passed it during the regular session. At least he admits it's not a fix for school funding like the Governor indicated, just a band-aid for the problem which makes sense. While property taxes are high how are one time monies going to help reduce them? I do know why he wants to negate the water usage fees, the notice just came out about the increase3es they passed and all the farmers and ranchers are howling about all the money it's going to cost them so this idiot wants to be the savior for them and fix the problem. Why did he pass the bill in the first place if he was going to negate it down the road? n nI personally don't see much difference between this proposal and the Governors, both want to use one time monies to fix forever long term problems. Typical short sighted Government solutions to complex problems. Just wait though, all those sycophants that love the Governor will say what a brilliant man he is for his plan while the Republicans are stupid for proposing the same thing. I hate politics. n nWhen bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. Edmund Burke