One has to love this headline from the Gazette:
Lawyers seek money for dam work
Those dam lawyers always want dam money for their dam work.
But it brings up a serious point: The state goes out to sue power companies so they will have to pay rent on the underwater land occupied by their dams. The results is that we -- yes, you and I -- can pay higher power bills. That's right. You think the state is just getting free money form the power companies? Think again. The state is getting free money from you and me. That rent the dam owners pay will be passed directly and unreservedly through to you and me. No question, no debate. The extra money McGrath is getting for the school trust will come from us.
In other words, this is a tax, imposed by the Attorney General and the court with no input from the legislature.
And of course, a few extra lawyers are going to collect fees from the whole business. What a surprise. Let's see... to which candidate for Attorney General do you suppose those lawyers gave in 2004? Oh wait, there was only one! Mike McGrath!
Now I'm too lazy to look up whether or not they actually gave. But I suspect that they gave to McGrath.
That means McGrath imposed a tax on us so that some campaign contributors could collect more money. I call that corrupt and bad government.
2 comments:
i saw another headline in the gazette talking about schweitzer AGAIN ordering the flags half staff. is it just me or is the governor trying to keep the flag far from its rightful lofty position. 47, you seem to be a good researcher. if you have the time, i'd like to see apost on how many times the gov and for whom the flags have been lowered. i thought there were some meaningful criteria that had to be met?
I wonder if they give dam tours?
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