Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
More gaming & mining taxes? A personal income tax? Don't state employees have to sign loyalty oaths anymore? Those professional coffee-drinkers give to new meaning to the phrase "public servant".
The problem is *not* that Nevada taxes are too low, it's that spending is too HIGH. How high? I conservatively estimate that the biennial budget, which feeds the general fund and is only ~1/3 of total state spending, is 20X too much.
I don't want to hear anything more from imbeciles like that guy who wants to reorganize the Taxicab Authority. If we abolish public education we'll save BILLIONS per year.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
While CCSD Fails, Rulffes Ponders Bureaucratic Minutia
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Rulffes said the schools might be restructured as empowerment schools .. He wasn't sure if the schools would necessarily be classified as empowerment schools.
That's why we pay him the big bucks. Maybe Rulffes should hire a consultant to study the issue?
Rulffes said the schools might be restructured as empowerment schools .. He wasn't sure if the schools would necessarily be classified as empowerment schools.
That's why we pay him the big bucks. Maybe Rulffes should hire a consultant to study the issue?
Almost All NV Public Schools Are "Low Achieving"
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
NV Department of Education bureaucrat St. Clair sort of said The definitions [of persistently low-achieving schools] are broad enough that all schools in some Nevada districts could be nominated
And probably >85% of CCSD schools. In the real world failure is *punished*. Public schools have incentives to FAIL.
NV Department of Education bureaucrat St. Clair sort of said The definitions [of persistently low-achieving schools] are broad enough that all schools in some Nevada districts could be nominated
And probably >85% of CCSD schools. In the real world failure is *punished*. Public schools have incentives to FAIL.
$1M/yr Kruger Gets Knee Surgery
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Get well soon, then resign!
I have no problem with pro athletes/coaches making millions. I don't care how much Bishop Gorman's coaching staff or players make. I *do* care when Nevada taxpayers (one of whom I happen to be) are FORCED to pay for it. I've already bought *your* tickets.
The public sector is not supposed to be a place to get rich. That's what the *private* sector is for. I'm spreading FACTS. You folks who always want to tax *other* people to pay for your favorite programs are the true hateful ones.
BTW, did any of you hoop fanatics catch that story out of SUNY-Binghamptom about how the school fired an English prof for not giving their thug basketball players special treatment? She also complained that the coaches were text messaging the "student"-athletes during class.
Get well soon, then resign!
I have no problem with pro athletes/coaches making millions. I don't care how much Bishop Gorman's coaching staff or players make. I *do* care when Nevada taxpayers (one of whom I happen to be) are FORCED to pay for it. I've already bought *your* tickets.
The public sector is not supposed to be a place to get rich. That's what the *private* sector is for. I'm spreading FACTS. You folks who always want to tax *other* people to pay for your favorite programs are the true hateful ones.
BTW, did any of you hoop fanatics catch that story out of SUNY-Binghamptom about how the school fired an English prof for not giving their thug basketball players special treatment? She also complained that the coaches were text messaging the "student"-athletes during class.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
No More Taxpayer Supported Brain Injuries
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Dr. Robert Cantu, a Boston-area neurosurgeon [and $1,000/hr "expert" witness] said The threat of lawsuit for inappropriate care is real, but I would also like to think that enlightenment is also driving it"
This tragic case was settled for $7.5M. Nevada taxpayers fund football many times over (CCSD, UNR, UNLV, etc). The Democrat trial lawyers are in power. The permanent brain injury class action lawsuit is coming. We're going to be legally on the hook for perhaps BILLIONS of dollars.
It young men want to scramble their gray matter, we can't stop them. But we shouldn't act as *enablers*. No more public funding of football. If you want to play football enroll at Bishop Gorman or some non-NSHE football school.
Hey UNLV Athletics Boosters. Better start shredding documents, wiping your disks, deleting e-mails and calling your lawyers! You deep pockets are guilty of a lot more than just being football fanatics. You've been giving these future cerebral hemorrhages summer/permanent jobs in your firms, slipping them cash, and so forth. You've been profiting from blood money. I can't wait until the legal beagles start hitting you with Discovery Motions.
Hey Ed Bernstein types. What are you waiting for? UNLV football donors and players rosters are a public record.
Sorry, folks. Football warning labels do not provide immunization from civil liability. Just ask the tobacco companies. Separate sports and State.
Dr. Robert Cantu, a Boston-area neurosurgeon [and $1,000/hr "expert" witness] said The threat of lawsuit for inappropriate care is real, but I would also like to think that enlightenment is also driving it"
This tragic case was settled for $7.5M. Nevada taxpayers fund football many times over (CCSD, UNR, UNLV, etc). The Democrat trial lawyers are in power. The permanent brain injury class action lawsuit is coming. We're going to be legally on the hook for perhaps BILLIONS of dollars.
It young men want to scramble their gray matter, we can't stop them. But we shouldn't act as *enablers*. No more public funding of football. If you want to play football enroll at Bishop Gorman or some non-NSHE football school.
Hey UNLV Athletics Boosters. Better start shredding documents, wiping your disks, deleting e-mails and calling your lawyers! You deep pockets are guilty of a lot more than just being football fanatics. You've been giving these future cerebral hemorrhages summer/permanent jobs in your firms, slipping them cash, and so forth. You've been profiting from blood money. I can't wait until the legal beagles start hitting you with Discovery Motions.
Hey Ed Bernstein types. What are you waiting for? UNLV football donors and players rosters are a public record.
Sorry, folks. Football warning labels do not provide immunization from civil liability. Just ask the tobacco companies. Separate sports and State.
Monday, December 28, 2009
GOP Tactics: All Wrong!
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
GOP tactics are *all* wrong.
Their political ("how to get elected") consultants advise them to talk small government and vote BIG. That's a choice between Goldman or Sachs, but it's enough to win >80% of their increasingly senile membership's votes.
To the restless, small government wing of the party, they say Support us! Wait 'til we're in the *majority*. That's Charlie Brown, Lucy and the football. 25 years ago NJ Republicans won a veto-proof majority in Trenton. What did they do?
Answer: NOTHING.
The GOP maintained control of the House for ~12 years. What did they do?
Answer: make govenment BIGGER.
The Republicans stand for *nothing* except "not Democrat". Nice to know we can count on them to deliver small government.
GOP tactics are *all* wrong.
Their political ("how to get elected") consultants advise them to talk small government and vote BIG. That's a choice between Goldman or Sachs, but it's enough to win >80% of their increasingly senile membership's votes.
To the restless, small government wing of the party, they say Support us! Wait 'til we're in the *majority*. That's Charlie Brown, Lucy and the football. 25 years ago NJ Republicans won a veto-proof majority in Trenton. What did they do?
Answer: NOTHING.
The GOP maintained control of the House for ~12 years. What did they do?
Answer: make govenment BIGGER.
The Republicans stand for *nothing* except "not Democrat". Nice to know we can count on them to deliver small government.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
UNLV Football Players in Speedos
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Football is WAY overfunded.
Maybe only two or three members of the Men's swim team are serious students. Less than 20%. The rest are filling up classes for the football players who can read.
The Women only a little better. I expected much more. The last D1 gal swimmer I met majored in Industrial Engineering and took a job with Fortune 50 firm. Her jock boyfriend was also pretty smart. Don't remember his major.
Football is WAY overfunded.
Maybe only two or three members of the Men's swim team are serious students. Less than 20%. The rest are filling up classes for the football players who can read.
The Women only a little better. I expected much more. The last D1 gal swimmer I met majored in Industrial Engineering and took a job with Fortune 50 firm. Her jock boyfriend was also pretty smart. Don't remember his major.
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