I wrote earlier this week about Flint residents still being forced to pay for the poison that was once called water. Here's another. In Washington, DC, where the weekend snow storm dropped about two and a half feet of the white stuff, drivers were ticketed and fine for being unable to move their cars. I'd imagine, with so much snow, lots of people were stuck and, with the lousy snow removal in DC, couldn't get their cars to places where they wouldn't receive tickets. Rather than cut some slack, the city began issuing tickets, more than $1 million worth of them, not to mention other "fines," whatever they could be. These don't include drivers having to pay towing costs, impoundment fees, and more. So, instead of helping the DC residents dig out, the city government decided to make money off of people's woes. Great, just great. And these are the guys, that is, government, so many of us look to in solving problems, helping us out. When will we realize that, for the most part, government doesn't care about us.
Speaking of Flint, I see another $30 million or so is being tendered to help up there. Yes, the people need all the help they can get. But the bill? So far, more than $100 million is being sent to "fix it up," as the governor said this AM on the radio. And how much was that Emergency Manager trying to save when he and other government bureaucrats switched the water system??????
What a nightmare!
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