Hey Dems. Want To Tell Us Again Why We Should Raise Taxes?

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Why should anyone even think about giving the government MORE money when this is the way they waste it?
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Shovel Ready in San Fran: $205,075 to ‘Translocate’ One Shrub from Path of Stimulus Project
By Thomas Cloud

CNSNews.com) -- The government spent at least $205,075 in 2010 to “translocate” a single bush in San Francisco that stood in the path of a $1.045-billion highway-renovation project that was partially funded by the economic stimulus legislation President Barack Obama signed in 2009.

The bush—a Franciscan manzanita—was a specimen of a commercially cultivated species of shrub that can be purchased from nurseries for as little as $15.98 per plant. The particular plant in question, however, was discovered in the midst of the City of San Francisco, in the median strip of a highway, and was deemed to be the last example of the species in the “wild.”

Shovel Ready in San Fran: $205,075 to

Here's the deal, Vel. We dems want to raise taxes on the rich so we can fuck them the way they've been fucking the middle class for the last thirty years. Hope that clears it up for you.

 

[JoeB131]

We should raise taxes on the rich for 3 reasons
1) The rich pay lower tax rates then the poor
2) It will increasing living standards for the bottom 90% of Americans
3) There is a huge deficit

Do you really think it's a good idea to give the government MORE money when they prove daily that they can't manage what they're already taking in? Is there a part of the government spent more than 200 thousand dollars to move a $16.00 bush, that you missed?

The problem here is, you are conflating two issues.

Yes, the government needs to get a better handle on how it spends money, although I supsect the story in the OP is dubious or key elements are being left out.

But the thing is, if you cut out every bit of discretionary spending, and only reduced it to defense, social security, payments on the debt and Medicare, you still wouldn't be taking in enough money to meet your obligations.

The fact is, you have to do both. Raise taxes AND cut spending, to get a control on things. But the first thing you need to do is get rid of free trade and the 500 billion in real money the country bleeds every year.

 

[JoeB131]

The links provided are CNS and the Blaze. Does anyone got a link to this story from a CREDIBLE news source?

 

[Seawytch]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EviwQnpaZA"]California Works to Rescue Franciscan Manzanita Plant from Extinction[/ame]