RSSGreed Abounds When Government Has Checks To Write
J.J. Jackson | January 14, 2009
How silly is it getting out there in Liberal La La Land? The answer is, “very.” When a town of 194 people stakes its claim to nearly $400 million dollars because the government has our money burning a hole in its pocket things have gone completely insane!
At first glance, the town of Edwardsville, Ala., with a population of 194 people, might raise a few eyebrows with its bid to receive $375 million from the economic stimulus package being assembled by Barack Obama and lawmakers in Congress.
The tiny town, located near the Georgia border and 26 miles from the nearest “big city” of Anniston (population: 24,276), added 33 proposals—about two thirds of them related to “green” energy—to the list of “ready- to- go” projects assembled by the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Total sum: $375,076,200.
That comes out to nearly $2 million per Edwardsville resident, although E. D. Phillips, the town’s representative to the U.S. Conference of Mayors, says the projects would affect a wider region that comprises about 80,000 people. That number includes residents of nearby rural areas that aren’t already incorporated into towns, along with the residents of Talladega Springs (population: 124), which partnered with Edwardsville and local municipal utilities on the projects.
There’s certainly no denying that Edwardsville has big ambitions. Through the various proposals, which include a renewable energy museum, scenic railroad, and vineyards, these small Alabama communities envision themselves becoming a cutting-edge demonstration project for energy sustainability and a hub for tourism.
Let’s face facts. Nothing that this town is proposing is likely to pass the sniff test when it comes to Constitutionality. But hey, it’s their children’s money so what the heck do they care! What is worse is that with liberals in charge of Washington from top to bottom they might get even more! After all, buying loyalty can be quite expensive don’t you know.
If this town receives a single, solitary penny of the tax payer’s (future) money the taxpayers should go down there and take every cent out of their hides by force. $2 million dollars per resident could be quite painful to have taken out of their rear ends me thinks.
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