Wow - you want the government to take our money and think they will use it to improve our lives?

Now who do we hope is kidding?

Scorpio:

I'm sure, from the tone of jackooboy's other posts, that he(?) was not kidding.

You know, it's just as easy to deride you for your apparent knee-jerk assumption that the government knows better what to do with your money than you do. Frankly, I find that sort of mindset to be deeply misguided.

WHOA!

Misread..misread!

No way am I saying hand over the money and let the good ol boys spend it any way they want. I never said that, although two people were ready to assume that just because I said no to a tax cut.

I'm simply stating a fact. I've lived in Lancaster County for many years and all I ever hear and see is how "tight" we can be. We squeak so much they can hear us in the next county. What we need are government officials who have a keen sense for the future and fiscally sound policies to get us there. A multi-million dollar building for recreational use? When our streets, roads and sewer systems need attention? When traffic congestion is making it all but impossible to get from point a to point b anymore? When asphalt and concrete are growing faster than our lawns?

No, we need the money spent on the right things...by competent leaders with creative solutions.

Yeah right .... $31,000,000.00 cash in the Manheim Township kitty received from selling off the townships' sewer system.

My thoughts ramble when I picture those three "progressive" free-thinking Township Commissioners; Ritter, Bledsoe and Smith ... Ever try to take raw meat from a junkyard dog while they're eating it? Or better yet, the old saying "burning a hole in their pockets"!

I could swear I posted something here later yesterday. I must be losing my mind.

Anyway, Scorpio, sorry to misinterpret your remarks, though I must admit I still get the same impression from re-reading them.

At least we can agree that the funds the government collects from us must be spent wisely.