Comments on: What’s wrong? http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/12/10/whats-wrong/ Science, science education, and other things ... with a distinctly Southern drawl Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:40:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Rick http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/12/10/whats-wrong/#comment-20921 Rick Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:21:18 +0000 http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/12/10/whats-wrong/#comment-20921 Kellie: Yeah. The stupid! It burns! Billy: I think that's how ultra-conservative policies are supposed to work. If the school's roof falls in, someone will charitably donate a new roof. Just like charities fill all the potholes on the roads and maintain the water and sewer systems. :) Kellie: Yeah. The stupid! It burns!

Billy: I think that’s how ultra-conservative policies are supposed to work. If the school’s roof falls in, someone will charitably donate a new roof. Just like charities fill all the potholes on the roads and maintain the water and sewer systems. :)

]]> By: Kellie http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/12/10/whats-wrong/#comment-20920 Kellie Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:05:25 +0000 http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/12/10/whats-wrong/#comment-20920 Looks like she was elected to lead the board...well, that's a suck. http://www.wyff4.com/news/14839719/detail.html Looks like she was elected to lead the board…well, that’s a suck.

http://www.wyff4.com/news/14839719/detail.html

]]> By: Billy (A Liberal Disabled Vet) http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/12/10/whats-wrong/#comment-20919 Billy (A Liberal Disabled Vet) Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:04:07 +0000 http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/12/10/whats-wrong/#comment-20919 In college, I had to take an economics course. As part of that course, we looked at taxes, using local communities as examples. One of the local small towns was know for having the lowest property taxes around. The school board of this small New England town had three people. Upstanding local citizens and all that rot. None of their kids attended the local public shool. They all went to a rather prestigious local academy. The roof of the school (circa 1910 building) was severely damaged by an early winter storm which dropped almost two feet of wet snow on the area (it even brought down the power lines across the Connecticutt River). The school board refused to even consider an increase in local property taxes to pay for a new roof. Luckily, a local contractor offered to do it free (I think he wrote it off on his federal taxes) if someone else bought the materials. The school had bake sales, raffles, 50-50s, the whole works. My understanding was that the only families which did NOT get involved with the project were the three which had members on the board (and the board members didn't even own local businesses, they worked twenty miles away in a larger town). It took a year, but the roof got fixed. How to solve things like this, I have no idea. On another note, you would think that, according to neo-conservative economic theory, the small town in question would have had a booming economy based on low taxes. Actually, the few businesses there left because of deteriorating infrastructure. In college, I had to take an economics course. As part of that course, we looked at taxes, using local communities as examples. One of the local small towns was know for having the lowest property taxes around.

The school board of this small New England town had three people. Upstanding local citizens and all that rot. None of their kids attended the local public shool. They all went to a rather prestigious local academy. The roof of the school (circa 1910 building) was severely damaged by an early winter storm which dropped almost two feet of wet snow on the area (it even brought down the power lines across the Connecticutt River). The school board refused to even consider an increase in local property taxes to pay for a new roof. Luckily, a local contractor offered to do it free (I think he wrote it off on his federal taxes) if someone else bought the materials. The school had bake sales, raffles, 50-50s, the whole works. My understanding was that the only families which did NOT get involved with the project were the three which had members on the board (and the board members didn’t even own local businesses, they worked twenty miles away in a larger town).

It took a year, but the roof got fixed. How to solve things like this, I have no idea.

On another note, you would think that, according to neo-conservative economic theory, the small town in question would have had a booming economy based on low taxes. Actually, the few businesses there left because of deteriorating infrastructure.

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