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Tea Party Patriot Curt Schilling works to save taxpayers' hard-earned dollars

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Starman, May 16, 2012.

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  1. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member



    Which one is Curt?
     
    93Devil, May 17, 2012
    #25
  2. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    At least Schilling is getting his smaller government wish out of this:

    http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20120524second_rhode_island_official_resigns_amid_curt_schilling_mess/

     
    TheSportsPredictor, May 24, 2012
    #26
  3. Walter_Sobchak

    Walter_Sobchak Active Member

    And now it's being reported that they laid off the entire staff.
    Thankfully the Commonwealth of Massachusetts had the sense to tell Curt to go screw when he came looking for a handout. Sadly the Ocean Staters were a bit star struck.
     
    Walter_Sobchak, May 24, 2012
    #27
  4. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Good god, they incorporated in Delaware, but wanted Rhode Island freebies? That is a bloody mess.
     
    poindexter, May 24, 2012
    #28
  5. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    "There can be no question our country is in the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes. I also think there can be no question that it falls on us, the individuals, to find a way out of our own personal crisis." -- Curt Schilling, February 2011
     
    poindexter, May 24, 2012
    #29
  6. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    The Rhode Island legislature would've made a more prudent investment decision if it'd taken the $75 million and driven across the border to a Connecticut OTB. The video game industry has a worse survival rate than the restaurant business. The wife of a guy I know has worked for six startups in the industry in seven years. None really got started.
     
    Michael_ Gee, May 24, 2012
    #30
  7. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    But - but - but - but - but He's A Job Creator!!
     
    Starman, May 24, 2012
    #31
  8. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    I really hope this debacle causes us to take a harder look at the way our state governments go about the business of "economic development." Seems like most of it is just states bidding against one another to attract businesses with ever increasing amounts corporate welfare and anti-labor legislation.

    http://www.boston.com/businessupdates/2012/05/24/curt-schilling-studios-lays-off-all-staff/Oz242vVpcy6FLRwegTtkOP/story.html?p1=News_links
     
    cranberry, May 25, 2012
    #32
  9. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    This is the "stimulus" you used to argue with me about.

    It's also exactly what I told you happens when you have politicians empowered to run up debt and hand out money to whomever they want. You wanted it. You got it.
     
    The Big Ragu, May 25, 2012
    #33
  10. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    No, it isn't. This is an example of the type of corporate welfare I detest. However, I'm all for building some bridges and cleaning up the environment and investing in all sorts of projects that benefit the community at large ...
     
    cranberry, May 25, 2012
    #34
  11. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member


    You are making a distinction that doesn't actually exist--and can't exist in reality. When politicians are involved, you get corruption and incompetence. I detest corporate welfare, as well. But you can't say in one breath, "I detest corporate welfare. ..." and then in the next, "except the corporate welfare I don't detest." You're then like every other special interest with his hand out to an elected official--who then gets to arbitrarily decide what benefits the community at large. And of course, the reality of that world is outright corruption and waste, as evidenced by stories like this.

    If you detest corporate welfare, than you should agree with me that our state and federal governments should not be in the business of handpicking areas to hand out money to. It is corrupt. In practice. And it is inefficient. In practice. It diverts money -- or worse, puts us all in debt (when politicians have no money to hand out, they just borrow) -- to unproductive areas of the economy at the expense of potentially productive areas that could have thrived if people had decided how to spend their money themselves.
     
    The Big Ragu, May 25, 2012
    #35
  12. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    We get corruption and incompetence any time humans are involved.

    Why do you think some unspecified group of "people" would do any better at spending their own money?
     
    Azrael, May 25, 2012
    #36
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