tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23717700.post3241914443209513342..comments2023-10-23T14:30:26.234-07:00Comments on Random Musings: Short Attention Span Musing: The "That's Just Republicans Being Republicans" EditionCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03338682971485143332noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23717700.post-72926993630106883342010-09-23T17:30:42.511-07:002010-09-23T17:30:42.511-07:00The fact that government would close a profitable ...The fact that government would close a profitable park to accomplish a political end is all the more reason to get government out of the park business. Government ownership of businesses such as state parks will always result in political considerations being more important than the supposed customers.<br /><br />At least with private ownership of parks I know that my tax dollars aren't used to play political cat and mouse.Thane Eichenauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12848580360960232789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23717700.post-9822961971844033142010-09-22T21:34:58.915-07:002010-09-22T21:34:58.915-07:00Elizabeth - You may be correct, but when I see a b...Elizabeth - You may be correct, but when I see a bunch of corporate cheerleaders recommending that taxpayer money be spent to buy something in particular, I wonder whose brother-in-law is getting the contract, and how much the kickback is.<br /><br />Not that I'm cynical or anything. :)<br /><br /><br />Thane - The state parks were a net revenue generator before the Rs closed them down. I don't think I'm being overly cynical when I believe that it was the plan all along to make people so frustrated with closed parks that they would accept selling them off in order to open them up again.<br /><br />BTW - Private companies always operate to benefit their self-interest, not the public interest.<br /><br />Taking public property that was set aside with public resources and nurtured for public benefit and then transferring that property to private owners for the benefit of those private owners is a betrayal of the public trust.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03338682971485143332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23717700.post-63189782167145016812010-09-22T21:07:23.199-07:002010-09-22T21:07:23.199-07:00Absent tax increases or asset sales the government...Absent tax increases or asset sales the government doesn't have enough revenue to operate all the state parks. In addition to benefiting the company with the concession the general public would benefit because the state park would be open instead of closed. Pardon me if in this one case if I call that a win-win. <br /><br />Nobody benefits from a closed state park.Thane Eichenauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12848580360960232789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23717700.post-53738102082683347972010-09-22T20:51:28.669-07:002010-09-22T20:51:28.669-07:00That one on remote shut down of computers would be...That one on remote shut down of computers would be good actually-you could switch off the computers and save the electricity costs when state workers leave if they forget to turn of their machines.<br /><br />Governing magazine had a piece on it a few years ago.Elizabeth Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09805175054842881474noreply@blogger.com