tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post6198136508491607438..comments2024-03-28T23:57:50.103-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Are bureaucrats as eternal as their policies seem to be?Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-49798766979566103472012-05-01T16:16:49.263-05:002012-05-01T16:16:49.263-05:00Sorry for the confusion, folks. My bad. I've...Sorry for the confusion, folks. My bad. I've edited the article very slightly and added a footnote to clarify the date issue.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-13538627420929575052012-05-01T13:52:39.148-05:002012-05-01T13:52:39.148-05:00Angus is right -- the USA Today article is dated 2...Angus is right -- the USA Today article is dated 2006 -- but I didn't notice that until after I'd reshared it, and someone pointed it out to me!<br /><br />Still worthy of head-shaking. :)skreidlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03213887949057408692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-40648061646814692652012-05-01T11:39:34.831-05:002012-05-01T11:39:34.831-05:00Welcome to six years ago...Welcome to six years ago...Angus McThaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09295013525738248801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-50198642059683785662012-05-01T10:03:45.530-05:002012-05-01T10:03:45.530-05:00Ronnie Reagen said the closest thing to immortalit...Ronnie Reagen said the closest thing to immortality was a Govt. program.....JohninMd(help)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-56829554593431128982012-05-01T09:32:25.972-05:002012-05-01T09:32:25.972-05:00Of course, the public service unions would make su...Of course, the public service unions would make sure that any candidate who ran on such a platform never got elected in the first place.<br /><br />And as we saw in Wisconsin, any currently serving politician who tried would be subject to massive demonstrations.<br /><br />See also: Riots, per my comment on the thread on welfare reform...<br /><br />Personally, I think we should take the franchise away from anyone whose paycheck derives from tax sources. If your sustenance is to be coercively funded, then you don't get a say in how much coercion gets used.perlhaqrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920117742664645165noreply@blogger.com