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Re: MD state government - one of the worst in the country. I don't live there but my department at work is based in Maryland and many of my co-workers live there. It is a very liberal state, very pro-environmental-regulation, pro-big-government, pro-taxation. It shares a border and access to DC with Virginia, which is pretty much the opposite. Guess where the economic growth and wealth is? It's because of anti-growth and anti-business attitudes in Maryland.
This incident is just symptomatic of what you'll get when you trust government to manage everything for you and make life and the world wonderful.
Here's a link to an article that'll get you started, with links to deeper material, if you're interested. |
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 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | said by MyDogHsFleas:It shares a border and access to DC with Virginia, which is pretty much the opposite. Guess where the economic growth and wealth is? It's because of anti-growth and anti-business attitudes in Maryland. Give it time. Northern Virginia is becoming infested with the same liberals who ruined plenty of other states, only because the business-friendly attitude you mentioned created many jobs, and because said liberals want to escape to places with lower taxes and other costs of living.
Of course, the same liberals continue to vote for the same idiots who ruined the places from where they came, and the cycle begins anew.
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This isn't fair! I was only supposed to hate just ONE presidential candidate! |
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 tshirtPremium,MVM
join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA
kudos:3
·Comcast
| said by pnh102:Of course, the same liberals continue to vote for the same idiots who ruined the places from where they came, and the cycle begins anew. Now how did this become an anti-liberal thread/topic?
If the current law exists and requires said fees of ANY similar project, why should any project (quasi-governmental or not) receive a selective exemption?
If the law is nonsensical, ineffective or obsolete then it should be changed and still apply to all parties equally.
the reason the Chesapeake bay became a national poster child wetland destruction, degradadation, and now reconstruction/preservation was too many years of exemptions, backroom deals and turning a blind eye to horrible enviromental practices largely for the "special" business interests.
If equally applying the resulting laws/regulations to all makes me liberal, so be it. |
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1 edit | Hanging fiber along a highway isn't going to do ANYTHING to the environment.
Laws are very difficult to repeal. All we really need is someone with 1/2 a brain to see the difference and follow the spirit of the law in stead of try to stuff their coffers. It's all about greed instead of doing what's right these days... |
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 rit56
join:2000-12-01
New York, NY | reply to tshirt
Tshirt, funny when a little truth is added the pro corporate cabal has no further comment. I do agree with you especially on this site. anything that isn't 100% pro corporate the same people turn it into a political thing. |
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tshirtPremium,MVM
join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA
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·Comcast
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said by jjeffeory:Hanging fiber along a highway isn't going to do ANYTHING to the environment. Laws are very difficult to repeal. All we really need is someone with 1/2 a brain to see the difference and follow the spirit of the law in stead of try to stuff their coffers. It's all about greed instead of doing what's right these days... This isn't about just "Hanging fiber along a highway" it seems (from the article) to be about a fee required for crossing wetlands, and specifically crossing rivers whether pole to pole, hanging from a bridge, a bore, or a trench, the coops use of the right of way is no more or less destructive than a cable or telco companies similar project. Assuming that the yearly fee was instituted to pay for inspection of proper maintenance and enforcement against violations of proper procedure.
I can't see a coop needing to be less responsable for the cost than a fully private business.
The coop needs to accept the cost (and wonder why the cost estimate did not include such an obvious expense)
If they are given an exemption either all other users shoulder the cost or the other companies sue/lobby to remove the fee and all the citizens share the cost through general taxes.
while one more wire on a pole seems harmless, one more and one more might require more/larger poles ( leaching more preservities ) one more trench means more erosion and so on.
if you don't like the laws and your current reps won't change them (after you CONTACT them, posting here isn't quite the same) then vote for, support and elect those that will (the largest (least utilized) lobby in the US political system is the individual voter) a few hundred/thousand persistant articulate complainers dwarf the most expensive commerial lobbying effort.
Many bitch, few expend the effort to do something about it. |
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Maryland wouldn't be so liberal if we could make Washington DC a state, and "donate" Prince George's County and the rest of the DC surrounding counties to them!
Then again, I would also be happy if the northern counties could become part of Delaware.
Soon, the socialists will have us getting a permit to plant a flower in your backyard - and then add a "beautification tax" to it. |
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lesopp
join:2001-06-27
Land O Lakes, FL | reply to jjeffeory
You want to see politicians with half a brain? Put them all together in the same room and they might add up to someone meeting your criterion. |
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 kyler13Is your fiber grounded?
join:2006-12-12
Arnold, MD | reply to tshirt
It's very much about the money hiding behind an environmental issue. The vast majority of this state doesn't have the taxable income to support the budget, so we see hikes in sales tax among other things. The real estate boom is over and that cash cow has set sail in this area. Now they need to scrape together everything they can. I'm waiting for MD to implode. |
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