11 Mar 11
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/03/08/priorities_reid_warns_mean-spirited_gop_cuts_could_doom_cowboy_poetry_festival
You heard me right. The recent cuts suggested by the GOP in government spending is threatening the Nevada Cowboy festival according to Senator Harry Reid. This could have a devistating effect on the tourism in Nevada as well as crippling the livelyhood of Cowboy poets nationwide. This is an outrage!!
Of course, all the Republicans are only suggesting cuts around $60 billion, which is only 1.6% of the current budget. The Democrats, on the other hand, will only agree with $4.7 billion which is like 0.0000000000000000001% of the budget.
If you ask me, both parties demonstrate a Marauderesque indifference to the fiscal crisis at hand. Neither are really tackling much of anything spending wise. It is for this reason that I see little hope in reigning in federal spending. I guess we will now all witness whether or not those on the left like Marauder are right. The US can simply borrow and tax their way from the brink of insolvency. Now the US federal government is spending in one month what "W" spent in one year. In ten years it is estimated that the federal debt will extend past the $20 trillion mark with no end in sight.
11 Mar 11
Originally posted by whodeyWell? welly well well? Why are poets that aren't cowboys paying for cowboy poetry in the first place?
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/03/08/priorities_reid_warns_mean-spirited_gop_cuts_could_doom_cowboy_poetry_festival
You heard me right. The recent cuts suggested by the GOP in government spending is threatening the Nevada Cowboy festival according to Senator Harry Reid. This could have a devistating effect on the tourism in Nevada as well as ...[text shortened]... s estimated that the federal debt will extend past the $20 trillion mark with no end in sight.
11 Mar 11
Originally posted by WajomaYou don't think a regional government should invest any money in promoting economic activity in its region (as opposed to that economic activity being attracted by a competing region)?
Well? welly well well? Why are poets that aren't cowboys paying for cowboy poetry in the first place?
11 Mar 11
Originally posted by FMFWell? Well well? Culture according to the state? Culture according to some clip board toting gummint bureaurat?
You don't think a regional government should invest any money in promoting economic activity in its region (as opposed to that economic activity being attracted by a competing region)?
No
11 Mar 11
Originally posted by kmax87Yes, no surprises from kmax, the state knows best about everyones cultural values, and you will be made to fund the states ideas of culture even to the detriment of pursuing your own.
...let the market decide....and let the homogenization begin...whoopeee!
Your own values?
Forget it.
11 Mar 11
Originally posted by WajomaUh? I'm talking about economic activity. Business opportunities. Income for local enterprises. People visiting the state. Spending money. As I said. What does it matter whether it's culture, leisure, promoting or raising the profile of certain services, or whether it be relaxed or customized regulations, or tax incentives, or whatever? Does a regional government have a legitimate role in stimulating economic activity and income for local enterprises. No, you say?
Well? Well well? Culture according to the state?
11 Mar 11
Originally posted by Wajoma'Cultural values' are probably not uppermost in the minds of the businesses like hotels , food vendors, tourist attractions, car rental, shops and the like, when they look to the local government that they elected to promote local economic activity.
...the state knows best about everyones cultural values, and you will be made to fund the states ideas of culture even to the detriment of pursuing your own.
11 Mar 11
Originally posted by FMFNo that is not the role of gummint, the best way of 'stimulating' economic activity is to get the hell out of the way. Citizens don't need the state dictating what is or isn't poetry, or dictating which poetry should or shouldn't be funded.
Uh? I'm talking about economic activity. Business opportunities. Income for local enterprises. People visiting the state. Spending money. As I said. What does it matter whether it's culture, leisure, promoting or raising the profile of certain services, or whether it be relaxed or customized regulations, or tax incentives, or whatever? Does a regional government ...[text shortened]... egitimate role in stimulating economic activity and income for local enterprises. No, you say?
11 Mar 11
Originally posted by FMFI know, I know already, food vendors shouldn't be able to decide when, or if, or which, or what values they should have, cultural or otherwise.
'Cultural values' are probably not uppermost in the minds of the businesses like hotels , food vendors, tourist attractions, car rental, shops and the like, when they look to the local government that they elected to promote local economic activity.
Those will be decided for them.
I get it.
11 Mar 11
Originally posted by WajomaWell if you think promoting tourism is somehow "dictating what is or isn't poetry" to you, then I would suggest that you must yourself be relatively insecure about what you think your cultural values are.
No that is not the role of gummint, the best way of 'stimulating' economic activity is to get the hell out of the way. Citizens don't need the state dictating what is or isn't poetry, or dictating which poetry should or shouldn't be funded.
I can't say my views on poetry are as fragile as yours seem to be.
If I were in Nevada I would be more than happy for the government to promote the state as a tourist destination. And I am more that happy for the taxes that you and I pay to be spent, in whatever is agreed to be the appropriate amount, on doing exactly that.
I suppose it's just as well that your ideological creed would not get you elected in a region where tourism is an important economic activity.
11 Mar 11
Originally posted by WajomaIt's not about 'cultural values' being "decided for them", Wajoma. It's about promotion of economic activity. In this case the only significance of these 'cultural values' is that they are an asset for the tourist industry and if they are promoted properly they can become a source of income for people operating all manner of businesses. Perfectly legitimate. Your paranoia about some sort of cultural conformity or tyranny could scarcely be less relevant nor more wobbly, frankly.
I know, I know already, food vendors shouldn't be able to decide when, or if, or which, or what values they should have, cultural or otherwise. Those will be decided for them.
11 Mar 11
Originally posted by FMFWhat ever made you think I wanted to be elected? To busy being productive innit.
Well if you think promoting tourism is somehow "dictating what is or isn't poetry" to you, then I would suggest that you must yourself be relatively insecure about what you think your cultural values are.
I can't say my views on poetry are as fragile as yours seem to be.
If I were in Nevada I would be more than happy for the government to promote the state ...[text shortened]... reed would not get you elected in a region where tourism is an important economic activity.
Making poets that aren't cowboy poets fund cowboy poetry is exactly the state deciding what is or isn't poetry.
11 Mar 11
Originally posted by WajomaThe state deciding what is or isn't poetry? How funny. Look, if it attracts punters and promotes economic activity, and they comes out ahead on the whole deal, the people of Nevada are winners and their government has done well. Who cares whether you or I think the poetry is brilliant or crap.
Making poets that aren't cowboy poets fund cowboy poetry is exactly the state deciding what is or isn't poetry.