I would agree that it is citrizens that the government should be looking out for, not corporate welfare and particularly not corporations that harm the health and safety of the citizen. I find it so interesting that those who consider themselves to be more conservative on welfare programs to citizens have no problem with billions of dollars of corporate welfare going to corporations. I have always thought this a great irony. We live in a free market society with HUGE WELFARE CRUTCHES for LARGE CORPORATIONS and CEO's, but we would be better off letting business whether large or small to live and die by their own swords. If you cannot manage a budget, your company goes down. If you can't attract well qualified employees and managers without bankrupting the business on perks and prohibitive salary and bonus plans, your company goes down. If you cannot meet the somewhat nominal environmental requirements to do business then your business goes down.
I wish that as many conservatives that are so slash happy in ending welfare programs for the poor and disadvantaged with their wielding swords would be half as dilligent when it comes to CORPORATE DISASTERS that we just seem to assist to gimp along until they run out of their funds, government funds and our tax dollars, polluting and hurting the health of the general public along the way. I consider myself to be somewhat conseervative when it comes to our tax dollars, but I am equally or shall I say more concerned about the pilfering that goes on in cases like ENRON and in the Health Care Industries today. I think we could affect more reform if elected officials would let the FREE MARKET STAND ON ITS OWN. I favor the city working on streets, not stadiums. Pamela Ellison Como Park Saint Paul. ----- Original Message ----- From: "CRISTY DELACRUZ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "StPaul Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 12:30 PM Subject: [StPaul] Sitting Idly By Costs Taxpayers Too In response to Paul Kuettel: Sitting and watching something that is terribly, terribly wrong also costs taxpayers. For example: -Letting a GSE plant pollute an urban environment while people pay to cover their health costs is expensive, both to the individuals and those of us who are in the risk pool for insurance companies. -Watching "NCLB" money be pulled from failing schools is a cost to taxpayers who paid the cost of building and maintaining schools. Empty public school classrooms may be what some want, but they create a burden and do not fully maintain our past investments. -If this were a national forum, I'd mention the billions of dollars it costs to run a war that was not called for, but this is Saint Paul issues so I'll try not to digress. NON-activism and watching public servants squander money costs too. Cristy * * * * * * * * * * Cristy A. De La Cruz Roseville resident Moving to Highland Park in 2 weeks _____________________________________________ To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ _____________________________________________ To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
