http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/01/18/republicans-move-to-strangle-government Comments On: Republicans move to strangle government by Max Brantley en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:45:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
It is obvious from some comments on other threads that this approach which is already happening due to increased gas milage on cars and thus less highway money, created a situation that not even a legislator could leave to drop year after year. Well folks, you change the law and soon you will be back on gravel interstates.

Unfortunately, the GOTP has assured that everyone elected has already proven the Peter Principle and the failure of small school districts to really educate someone.
Posted by couldn't be better]]> Sat, 19 Jan 2013 06:18:39 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by oldandintheway]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:23:10 -0600 Arkansas Times
For people that rich government is just a pain in the ass with all its taxes, regulation, inspections and endless paperwork. For less than they pay in taxes the upper 1% can hire their own protection teams and if they can manage a little slavery here and there, it's a bonus. Nothing says you've arrived like human ownership.

I've had several friends become mere millionaires and noticed how it changed their thinking. In the 90's one of them actually told me to have my girl call his girl....I thought that was only in movies. mag's my girl, but not that kind of girl. So if a person had been playing with billions of dollars the last 20 years, their thinking has to be way way out there.....like in...We don't need no stinkin government!

The 48th low hanging fruit named Arkansas will be easy to de-govern. Our new Republican overlords in the ARK legislature are just warming up. Our Wisconsin days are ahead and a new Republican governor in 2015 will be icing on the cake. I could escape to Oklahoma....but....it's Oklahoma! I'm too old to escape but thankfully my kids are young and mobile.

I don't know how the Republicans will keep a governmental eye on vaginas after they disband the government, but I'm sure they'll find a way since most men would do that job for free. The slightly rich who live on the hills overlooking Fort Baptist will have the most to lose when there's no government. The rich with a small r won't be able to afford their own police and fire departments and they'll be the targets of the hungry and ohmagod how hungry we'll be in the jobless future. If'n I worked full time at Wal-Mart I couldn't pay the utilities at my house much less buy food.

With democrats (small d) like Pryor, Ross and McDaniel it's like we got no Democrats at all, so no help there. It's just going to be rough when those with more money than they could spend in a thousand years do away with what little of our government they don't own already. Some will say it's god's will but I tend to think it's just unregulated greed run a muck.
Posted by DeathbyInches]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:36:56 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by evil monkey sez]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:35:11 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by eLwood]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:32:48 -0600 Arkansas Times
Just suppose Republicans kill off national disaster aid and then Arkansas gets a tornado on the ground for 100 miles (happened a few years back) or a fire season that burns the Quachitas from Louie's McNab all the way up to Plum Creek.

What about a flood on the Arkansas like we have seen lately on the Ohio/Mississipps/Missouri?

What about finding out that to educate a 21st century child to compete with emerging competition from India/China costs more than we now spend barely ahead of 19th century needs?

If a legislator thinks having to think to run state gov't is too hard, step aside and let a grownup take over.
Posted by Citizen1]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:29:01 -0600 Arkansas Times
Who do they expect to pay for these drug tests? People with no income?
Posted by beerforbreakfast]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:00:54 -0600 Arkansas Times