Texas Burns While Republicans Cut the Texas Forest Service's Budget.

[evildevil]

GOP Plan to Keep Us Safe: Volcano Monitoring? Liberal Hoax. Tsunami Warning Center? Tax Payers' Money Pit. Nucular Safety? Let the Free Market Decide. Wild Forest Fires? Smokey the Bear's Plot to Defraud Tax Payers.

Texas Plans To Cut Budget Of Agency Battling Wildfires

Texas lawmakers are set to slash funding for the agency responsible for fighting

Comments

[arisma]

So.... republicans just full on hate people, huh?

[carmy_w]

Yep-that's my conclusion.

[browneyedguuurl]

Well, not white or rich people.

[bludstone]

As the budget gets tighter and tighter, I think what we'll find is that its more about having the money to support the politicians pet projects/ friends/ enforcement folks.

As the politicians dont directly benefit from the forest, they cut the budget.

Its going to get a lot worse then this. They are going to cut -everything- just to keep the enforcement and their buddies in business.

Just wait, this hasnt even gotten bad yet.

[carmy_w]

But they aren't keeping enforcement, either! They just think that people are going to lay down & let their "steamroller" run over them.

Texans being Texans, I wouldn't be surprised if a few politicians get bonfires on their front lawns and in front of their offices, at the least.
People from Texas do have a way with using force to punctuate their arguments, even political ones.

[bludstone]

By "enforcement" i mean "profit/ tax collecting." They probably wont enforce things that dont put money directly in their coffers.

Expect more pushes for compliance by enforcement people. More/ bigger fines for speeding/ etc. You wont be getting anything from these "services," but its a fantastic way for the government to shake people down.

The best example of this is red-light cameras, which have been proven to INCREASE accidents in every single instance. But damn if its a great revenue stream. Or the cops in Tennessee that are, basically, highway robbers. (Pull random people over, search their car, arrest THE MONEY, and set the person free)

[carmy_w]

Well, as I said-Texans have been talking about secession for a couple of years already, and if their local government keeps this up, they will find themselves in the middle of a revolution against THEM, rather than the U.S. Government.

[layweed]

that's ok. we'll just scream at the federal government and then insist that they're picking on Texas when they deny emergency funds, despite having already provided grants that are equivalent to the amount of emergency funds requested.

[aviv_b]

I just have to ask - who is Smonkey the Bear? Is he a bear or a monkey or a monkey-bear, perhaps?

[mercystars]

a monkey-bear is truly a sign of the end times

[evildevil]

Stephen Colbert's worst nightmare

[starsinshapes]

Why do republican hate everyone and everything? It boggles my mind.