The New York State budget has been finally passed and of course it is filled with the normal "pork" that wastes millions of tax payers' money. See:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/04112008/news/regionalnews/_for_gays___dolls_106022.htm
Oh, the waste, the waste. If a Senator or Assembly member wanted to give $1000 for a gay parade, they have that choice to give that. I'm sure none of the members of the New York State legislature are starving so they can personally donate to whatever causes they want. They should not use their position for their personal agendas. The New York State budget is a special interests' wet-dream.
I come from the school of thinking that the budget should be voted down if we can spent $1 less on it. But if we can spend $1 less then we can spend $2 less...and if we can spend $2 less then we can definetly spend $3 less...$100 less...$1000 less....and $10,000 less....$100,000 less.....and $1,000,000....and so on. I have never voted yes on a budget. There is always a way (maybe with a little more work) to spend less.
The lesson that the New York State legislators should learn is that it is OUR money not their money to spend.
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While it is "our" money, it is also technically "theirs" to spend. Clearly, the reason for this is that to truly represent the people as a whole, officials are elected by constituencies and power is granted to those officials to make decisions regarding law and spending that reflect each constituency.
Some causes money is given to individually we may not agree with, but there is almost certainly another individual who does agree with that choice. Pork is a perk, but truthfully someone must make those choices.
With that said, I would agree that there is way too much spending and those same representatives need to realize that it is ours/and their pockets being pinched by overspending.
A better issue to attack, is any legislator talking about how "little" they make, they make more then the average NY family, they get more perks than anyone can imagine and best of all, everything is paid for while they're in Albany.
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