Aren't we getting rather vituperative again and digressing from the issue
at hand?  I understood the request was to lobby for additional money for
the Library.

As far as tax cuts requiring a cut in services, this is not quite true.
Tax cuts require a more efficient use of funds available and competitive
bidding for supplies.  Do you really believe that a tax cut that resulted
in not purchasing hammers for the military out of the federal budget, for
instance, for thousands of dollars rather than what you or I would pay in
a civilian store, is a cut in services?

Those not satisfied with the governing of the commonwealth or the nation
should be involved at the very beginning, in primary, mass meeting,
convention, or caucus voting, for nominees to be candidates for election
to office.  Too many of our citizens complain about the status quo
without ever bothering to vote at the polls, much less at the local level
where nominees are selected to run.

Laura Catherine D. Fortune

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply.  Willing is not enough; we must
do."
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832)

Laura Catherine D. Fortune, 2645 Johnson Creek Road, Evington, VA
24550-4133
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On Fri, 4 May 2001 21:38:46 -0400 ned heite <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> At 7:47 PM -0500 5/4/01, Loretta Kelldorf wrote:
> >Is it possible to enlist the assistance of your local tiers of
> government,
> >the Chamber of Commerce and whatever local Economic Development
> Council you
> >may have to reinforce your pleas for more funding?
>
>
> Unfortunately, we have in government today a class of people who
> believe that the only useful product of any government is tax
> relief.
> They yell and rant for tax reductions without realizing, or without
> caring, that every cut in taxes must equate to a similar cut in
> services. Clearly they don't believe in providing services to the
> citizens.
>
> The folly of cutting taxes is obvious to anyone with half a brain,
> which I believe provides a quantitative measure of current
> government
> intelligence.  You have a governor who thinks that cutting a car
> tax
> is an important government goal, regardless of the consequences.
> He
> obviously values cutting the relatively benign tax far more than he
> values delivery of services to citizens.
>
> Fascists had cool-looking uniforms and they made the trains run on
> time. Does that justify the rest of Fascist programs?  I think a
> useful analogy can be drawn with the current leadership at the
> state
> and national levels.
>
>
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