In August of 2020, Congress passed the Great American Outdoor Act and earned enthusiastic support from the RV Industry. What was not widely publicized was that the money was to come from 50% of energy development miscellaneous revenues, not even regular income from oil and mineral leases.
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Category Archives: Cost/benefit
Diagnosis
Google tells us:
The diagnosis is an important tool for you and your doctor. Doctors and therapists use a diagnosis to advise you on treatment options and future health risks. Another reason a diagnosis matters is that it tells health insurance companies that you have a condition requiring medical care.
Mercantile mindset
It is to be discussed as “culture” at a conference at Fordham University in March of 2022. The outline of suggested topics suggests a positive attitude, overall. I have long wondered about the disdain exhibited by merchants towards both producers and users of goods and services.
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Bullish about the future
One problem is that guys really like riding around on big machines. Conservation requires a lot of careful hand work. However, in Florida, the highway engineers were quite enthusiastic about building retention and detention ponds to collect storm water. All that is required to achieve set-asides of land for water projects is a reallocation of dollars.
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Agitating
Yesterday, Facebook wanted me to identify a hobby. I wrote AGITATING PUBLIC OFFICIALS. Facebook responded THAT HOBBY IS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.
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Contra SPLOST
No SPLOST
Overlooking Crime
In response to the sheriff problem in Los Angeles I have written:
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Anti
Being anti something is safer than being for. You may not like what you’re for, but you won’t know what you’re missing when you don’t get. See? It’s all about risk. And some people are just naturally risk-averse. Others are so dense, they act without thinking. Which is better? Acting without thinking, because somebody is sure to bail you out, if you make a mistake. So, nature favors instinctive behavior.
The Constitution vs. Salvation Army
Proselytizing is condescending. Making it a condition of food and shelter is vile. The Constitution tasks the secular state with “providing for the general welfare” and exempts establishments of religion from all responsibility. By categorizing the exclusion of such organizations as “freedom of religion” we ignore that the founders had a long history of religious efforts to manage comunities to refer to and determined that arrangement did not work. Beter to rely on individuals to define their needs and request assistance.
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