That’s big government for you
Posted by MK on July 5, 2009
News.com.au – A SCHOOL with just one pupil for 2010 has been given a $140,000 government grant to build a covered playground – even though it already has a new one. Another $110,000 grant from the Rudd Government’s $14.7 billion education stimulus package will be used for classroom refurbishment at tiny The Lagoon Public School, 20km from Bathurst in New South Wales central west. But even locals say it is a shocking waste of money.
They never earned that money, they stole that money from those of us who worked for it, so why should some closet-socialist give a shit how that money is spent or if it’s going to the right school. I’m not even going to bother railing anymore about how incompetent this leftist government is, in fact I don’t give a shit how much money they spend or piss away down the toilet. In fact, just take a couple of million dollars and chuck it into the sea, it won’t make any damn difference.
And I’ll tell you why, you ask the people out there who vote, the ones who work, what they want from government and very few of them will tell you they won’t want big government, very few will tell you that the lot of these parasites need to be sacked and government-running of most things ought to be rejected. You see, for most people out there, they’re not looking for less government, they’re just looking for more efficient big-government.
The fact that this is simply not possible is irrelevant to them and therein lies the problem. It’s like someone asking you to build a car and giving you 5 seats to put in it and then insanely insisting that 20 people must be able to sit comfortably in there. This is the government enough of us want and the rest of us have to choke down.
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Mick Sutcliffe said
Great post. It’s nice to know there’s other conservative types out there with a libertarian bent.
Dr. Dave said
Awesome rant, MK. We have the same issue: one party will give us big government “for less,” while the other party will give us big government “for hope and change.” It’s like a game show…except no one wins.
Karen Howes said
Yeah MK, government does such a wonderful job running things, doesn’t it?
Most Rev. Gregori said
This is what happens when only morons run for elected office and then get elected by other morons.
mgraves said
Any large bureaucracy will not run efficiently–checks and balances, ass-covering, decision avoiding, and the like. Put that bureaucracy in charge of wealth it did not create and it is certain to use the money as efficiently as the bureaucracy runs (not at all).
On top of this, taxation is inherently coercive, but in order to pay for such a large bureaucracy, painful taxes “must” be exacted (from those who actually create wealth).
What follows is the tyranny of the “nanny-state”. Velvet gloved, to be sure, but tyranny, nonetheless. The bureaucracies–to justify their existence–expand into more and more areas of our lives, ensuring our perpetual childhood and perpetual reliance on bureaucrats.
mgraves said
Any large bureaucracy will not run efficiently–checks and balances, ass-covering, decision avoiding, and the like. Put that bureaucracy in charge of wealth it did not create and it is certain to use the money as efficiently as the bureaucracy runs (not at all).
On top of this, taxation is inherently coercive, but in order to pay for such a large bureaucracy, painful taxes “must” be exacted (from those who actually create wealth).
What follows is the tyranny of the “nanny-state”. Velvet gloved, to be sure, but tyranny, nonetheless. The bureaucracies–to justify their existence–expand into more and more areas of our lives, ensuring our perpetual childhood and perpetual reliance on bureaucrats.
Sorry, forgot to add great post! Can’t wait to see your next post!
Debbie said
A school with only one student? I must ask “why?”
The Hermit said
Well, at least we aren’t the only one’s with idiots running the show. Somehow, in a negative sort of way, that makes me feel better.
T F Stern said
Ditto the Hermit; how can we ever expect to recover from the economic disaster with totally corrupt politicians throwing money away for insane projects, and these are only the tip of the iceberg.
Chuck said
I’m with Debbie, why do we even have a school with one student? Pay for a private teacher at less than half the price.
joe said
Nope, I’m not surprised. Nothing surprises me anymore. The last 6 months have provided enough surprises to last at least a few lifetimes!
Leticia said
So why don’t they buy the kid computer and give him internet access and homeschool him?
Talk about a waste of money.
MK said
Thanks folks.
Thanks Mick, I think the Libertarians go too far, but i think we could use a healthy dose of their ideas.
No one except the politicians and bureaucratic parasites Dave. They’re laughing all the way.
I often wonder Karen, how much do they have to break and screw up before society out there will wake up.
Something wrong in the system Rev Gregori, that produces such parasites. I say allow the vote only to those that pay/paid tax, after all it’s their money.
Certainly feels like tyranny mgraves, though it could be far worse.
You certainly are not Hermit, much of the western world is run by power-hungry idiots.
That would be too easy Debbie, Chuck and Leticia, it’s not complicated, expensive and stupid enough.