From: John Francis > On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 01:45:19PM +0800, David Savage wrote: >> > At 01:38 PM 24/10/2007, John Francis wrote: >>> > >On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 06:43:36AM +0800, David Savage wrote: >>>> > > > >>>> > > > I was just wondering last night after seeing the latest reports. Do >>>> > > > they (state land management department) do prescribed burning & cut >>>> > > > firebreaks earlier in the year before the start of the fire season? >>> > > >>> > >Not a lot - that would take money, and California has budget issues. >> > >> > I wonder what the cost of battling out of control bush fires is doing to >> > the state budget? > > > Look - you know, and I know, that money spent on preventative measures > saves many times the cost. But you can't persuade politicians to think > in the long term - they only care about dollars being spent today. > > >
Probably one of those states that's required by law to balance the budget. Can't spend more than than you project to take in for taxes. Then you make it impossible for the legislature to raise revenue through reasonable taxes and you're left with what you can get from sales taxes and "education" lotteries. Put a cap on property taxes & income taxes; exempt all kinds of unearned income from taxation and then bitch at the politicians because they didn't have money in the budget to prevent these fires. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
