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The Problem With Found Money
By George M. Gilman

The education funding debate has moved from legislative action to the battlefield of rhetoric during the campaign season.  The supporters of an income tax, sales tax or gambling all making their pitch for the voters support.  While all three are unacceptable, expanded gambling is perhaps the most dangerous of the three.

There are all kinds of arguments against expanded gambling but the most obvious are the increases in costs to the state, county and municipality.  Reliably in the form of increased law enforcement, adjudication, incarceration, and rehabilitation.  In addition, there are many long and short-term costs and affects that have yet to be calculated.  As a funding source, expanded gambling is unlike property, income, or sales tax, in that gambling proceeds are treated like Found Money with no advocate for sensible use.  While the other sources are all identified with the individual’s pocket book, in contrast, the gambling proceeds are viewed as the result of a luxury expenditure by the mathematically challenged.

Just the Facts Ma’am
By George M. Gilman

I yearn for the days of the old Dragnet series when actor Jack Webb in character as Sgt. Joe Friday would utter in monotone, “Just the facts ma’am, just the facts.”  In almost Pavlovian response, the person being interviewed snapped out of their complaining and subjective trance and either gave concise information or they shut up.  Not so for today’s talking heads or news organizations.  Apparently the only thing they’re hearing is, “…some of the facts…”  Or, “…none of the facts…”

Here are some facts. Bin Laden and his buddies killed almost 3,000 people on American soil on 9/11/01.  As a nation we backed our President when he declared that we would engage any nation that gave aid and comfort to our enemies.  As we drove Al queda from Afghanistan, Iraq became a refuge for our enemy.  Our President worked with the United Nations Security Council to gain support of the world body for the invasion of Iraq but was repeatedly rebuffed by France, Germany and Russia, because they had deals with Hussein, which incidentally were in violation of the Oil for Food Program.  They stood to loose if he was deposed.  Those are indisputable facts that the myopic mass media can’t seem to focus on, instead they are fixated on any and all means to resurrect the specter of Viet Nam as in an effort to make themselves relevant once again, not as reporters of the news but makers of the news.

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