Saturday, May 3, 2008
State House Republicans Website
Take some time to look at the House Republican Organizational Committee's website. Among other things you'll find there are links to all the candidates with contact and website information.
Olympia Waste!
Washington Policy Center (a non-partisan think tank) recently pointed out some of the wasteful spending practices of our lawmakers in Olympia in their "Washington State Piglet Book". Some of the highlights of the book are available at the Washington Policy Center's Website.
State news media has also taken a good look at the Center's discoveries. King 5 ran a story about state funding for licensing pet massage therapists. You can watch the video or read the article here. A station in Spokane also ran a story outlining other questionable spending costs. That video is available directly at the WPC's media site.
I had a discussion last night with a neighbor I met while doorbelling. While we talked about wasteful spending he pointed out the old argument of needs vs wants. There are a lot of projects out there that are nice to have. Some of the spending can even be 'justified' when long term benefits outweigh the initial output of tax dollars (think tourism increases or lowered operating costs). However, it's going to take some pretty serious convincing to show me where the state is justified in spending money on pet massage therapist licensing or Christmas tree inspections. During a time of financial crisis (we are operating on a budget deficit) we need to be cutting back, not providing for the wants of a few.
State news media has also taken a good look at the Center's discoveries. King 5 ran a story about state funding for licensing pet massage therapists. You can watch the video or read the article here. A station in Spokane also ran a story outlining other questionable spending costs. That video is available directly at the WPC's media site.
I had a discussion last night with a neighbor I met while doorbelling. While we talked about wasteful spending he pointed out the old argument of needs vs wants. There are a lot of projects out there that are nice to have. Some of the spending can even be 'justified' when long term benefits outweigh the initial output of tax dollars (think tourism increases or lowered operating costs). However, it's going to take some pretty serious convincing to show me where the state is justified in spending money on pet massage therapist licensing or Christmas tree inspections. During a time of financial crisis (we are operating on a budget deficit) we need to be cutting back, not providing for the wants of a few.
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