If the natural tendencies of mankind are so bad that it is not safe to permit people to be free, how is it that the tendencies of these organizers are always good? Do not the legislators and their appointed agents also belong to the human race? Or do they believe that they themselves are made of a finer clay than the rest of mankind? Frederic Bastiat (1801-1851).
Michigan is in the sewer financially, our governor shut down the government recently (NY Times) and people are leaving our state by the droves because of poor job prospects for the young and incredibly high taxes so what are our legislatures wasting their time on this month?
"A congressman disputes the state's contention that it's worth $318,000 in federal money to keep turtles from becoming roadkill.
"Installation is expected to begin this week on a 2-mile-long fence along both sides of U.S. 31 in Muskegon, in west-central Michigan. It is intended to prevent hundreds of turtles, some of them protected species, from being killed as they migrate to nesting sites along the Muskegon River, which the highway crosses.
"Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., questions why the Michigan Department of Transportation did not consider using the money on other projects 'more related to the movement of people and products.'
"The 4-foot-high chain-link fence has been planned for two years. State officials consider it a relatively inexpensive solution to a problem that affects traffic safety and the environment of rare turtle species." (Read).
These politicians in Lansing should be held accountable for being idiotic and wasteful. No scheme for separating us from our money is too stupid.
1 comment:
AMEN to that! Michigan is going to hell in a hand bag and the so-called "law makers" (idiots more like it) can't seem to pull their heads out of their you-know-whats! This turtle fence idea is the most rediculous thing I have heard of in a LONG time!
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