What's $1.2 million here and there?
U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz was up at the Legislature this week reaming the Washington establishment for "sick" levels of government waste and spending. He said, in amazement, "No one even uses the term millions anymore" — only hundreds of billions or trillions.Still, I'm sure he'll be happy to know that the folks he was addressing kissed off a cool $1.2 million in federal highway money because they won't pass a law requiring seat-belt use. Can't have "Big Brother" telling you to buckle up, says Sen. Allen Christensen:
Missing out on a million dollars to preserve that right is absolutely appropriate.Utah doesn't enforce adult seat-belt use unless a you are pulled over for something else first.
Speaking of tainted money, Utah is accepting more than its share of the "sick" federal stimulus cash that was roundly denounced by Chaffetz and the state's conservative lawmakers. All three of Utah's districts are in the top 10 for "employment impact," and can expect to see 32,000 jobs created.
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YES IT'S TRULY A BEAUTIFUL THING, WE WON'T MAKE YOU WEAR A SEATBELT AND LOSE A MILLION POINT TWO. BUT WE'LL GET MORE THAN THAT BACK WHEN WE START PUTTING FOREIGN NUCLEAR WASTE IN YOUR BACK YARD.
UNCLE STAVE PROMISED. JUST LIKE HE PROMISED ABOUT SYNCRETE AND THE FIRST QUAIL CREEK DAM.
I think that all of that stimulus money should come to Salt Lake County; after all, we're the ones who voted for Obama. The others can sit on their principles and starve.
This same group of legislators who won't put into place a mandatory seat belt law because it infringes on people's rights insist on over regulating the sale and consumption of alcohol.
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