During Problem Times How About Looking To Ourselves?
By Thomas D. Segel
February 21, 2009
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There is a federal program in this area, which is designed to repair and weatherize homes for the disadvantaged. It has a budget of about 3 million dollars and after a year of operation has not repaired a single home. There is a similar program being undertaken by that same Loaves and Fishes organization mentioned before. The local program to provide the same type of weatherization and repair has only received about $90,000 in private money, but in the past year it has completed or has underway repairs on almost three-dozen homes.
One other important government financial consideration should be how debt is addressed. The constitution of the state of Texas does not permit any red ink spending, nor does the city where I live. Thus, the state and the city are debt free during this bad economic tsunami and are not beholding to Nanny Washington.
Granted, these are local antidotal examples of how people react to their surroundings when things turn sour. But, people here know how to look after their own. Be it a barbeque or a fund drive, they always seem to face up to their problems and obligations. This is the way it happens in Deep South Texas. We would hope the remainder of the fifty states would follow the same example.
And yes, we all have all heard about our goofy congressman who had a Frisbee Golf Course for Austin, Texas included in the stimulus package, but every family has a crazy uncle. Ours just happens to be named Sam.
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