tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761545204332105418.post1660401876133198449..comments2024-01-11T06:41:17.831-08:00Comments on Perfection Under A Red Umbrella: Our Big Fat GovernmentMelody, All American Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06041758013141311447noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761545204332105418.post-91861990617734525182011-09-04T20:18:43.404-07:002011-09-04T20:18:43.404-07:00Melody, had to chuckle a little bit when you start...Melody, had to chuckle a little bit when you started talking about how much overlap there is in Government. A number of years ago I was talking to very frustrated developer on a job site. He bought a mountain and planned to develop it.<br /><br />There were some legitimate environmental parts of the track were tunneled from mining operations a century before.. some areas had piles of various byproducts that weren't considered healthy.. Most of it wasn't obvious, the woods had come back and covered it up... <br /><br />He was frustrated.. before he could put a shovel in the ground he had to get approvals from 23o plus federal. state and local regulatory agencies... Each one had to power to stop the project.Grumpyelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16564199754847966303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761545204332105418.post-90143525856478989032011-09-04T15:51:05.946-07:002011-09-04T15:51:05.946-07:00Excellent article!Excellent article!Welshmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14894597766174425492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761545204332105418.post-35785185956614526152011-09-04T14:14:59.835-07:002011-09-04T14:14:59.835-07:00Melody this is an exhaustive treatise and should e...Melody this is an exhaustive treatise and should eventually make it into the history of the failure of the left in America.<br /><br /> The waste and redundancy caused by profligate growth of our government beyond it's Constitutional limits is obvious to even a casual observer with a brain engaged. <br /><br />The usable idiots and self-serving, dishonest people who claim to be in "Public Service" deserve, but will never suffer, prosecution.<br /><br /> We, as true citizens have shirked our duty for decades and must now right our wrongs. The election of 2012 is epic. It is vital that Americans right our course!hoodoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16311497810198731557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761545204332105418.post-70427125562085547312011-09-04T13:05:36.581-07:002011-09-04T13:05:36.581-07:00Great article Melody. You are correct about the sp...Great article Melody. You are correct about the spending needing to be reduced, but it must actually be reduced, not reduce the level of increase as is now the case. I also have started a series of articles on the steps needed to get control of our runaway Federal government, and the first change needed is in the accounting system itself, changing from the current baseline budgeting system to a zero based system. <br /><br />The article discussing this issue can be found at: http://alpipkin.com/blog/?p=1269. There are other articles discussing other aspects of federal spending.<br /><br />@alpipkinAlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11133179194836364344noreply@blogger.com