What Did He Think Cutting the Budget Would Look Like?
Delaware Politics’ Tennessee Walker has criticized Governor Markell today over the news that the Blizzard of 2009 has nearly exhausted the state budget for snow removal and salting the roads already. Tennessee really has some nerve, and he has brought hypocrisy to unseen record breaking levels.
Budget busting Republicans love to criticize spending and have demanded more and more spending cuts from the state budget. Well, what the hell does Walker think gets cut when spending is cut across the board? Yeah, that’s freaking right, things like snow removal. And now Tennessee thinks he has the right to criticize the Governor for not spending enough money for snow removal? Pardon me while I laugh hysterically. In New Jersey, when the beloved Governor Chris Christie does the same thing next year, will the hypocrite Walker be criticizing Christie? Of course not.
(Note: I originally thought David Anderson wrote this DP post, but my reading comprehension skills are obviously impaired today. I have edited the post because the same point remains valid.)
The Teabaggers were the first to complain and they are dishonest to the core.
Love the new icon, Nemski. Yes, the teabaggers complain about the government but they are the first to complain when something is taken away. “Get the government out of my Medicare!!!!”
The average amount of snowfall for this time of the year is 1.7 inches — not the 18 inches we saw the other day.
Republican David has been sucking on those teabags for way too long.
BTW, thanks about the icon. Didn’t want to say avatar, because James Cameron probably owns that word now.
Religious right whackjob David Anderson…
The post was by DP contributor “Tennesee Walker,” who is a right wing whackjob of unknown religious affiliation.
It actually isn’t that strong of a complaint, just noting that we are out of money, plus the usual ignorant snark about global warming. Criticism is implicit though.
Protack reliably provided the most moronic comment.
Now they complain that Markell can’t predict the weather six months in advance. No doubt if Markell had allocated extra money for snow they’d complain about that too.
My mistake. I will edit.
I hate it when that happens.
Yeah, David, I would rather attack you for something you have actually written. 🙂 It is ok, it was about time Walker got the DD treatment.
nemski, averages are nice, but you do realize the snow plowing budget for the entire winter has been spent? not just for December.
it simply points to the trickery needed to pretend that Delaware has a balanced budget.
Actually it points to the usual repub thinking that government services are free. If you are agitating for smaller and reduced government, this is exactly what it looks like.
Government spending is only valuable when it supports the needs of Republicans. Otherwise, it’s waste.
The spending is monumental…we can rewrite the history books on the new Louisiana purchase for $300 Million. So what’s Delaware’s cut?
DelDot is not on the state budget. If I remember correctly they were taken off 20 years ago. They are their own entity, a 1.5 billion dollar entity.
Any cuts the General Assembly made/makes to the budget have no bearing on DelDot.
DelDot is poorly run and grossly mismanaged. With temperatures steadily falling in the last ten years, it is incompetence to only plan for one snow removal per year.
I would point out that basic services such as safe roads is a governmental function.
These guys seriously crack me up. John Galt is a freaking howl. Even the DelPol post says that they budgeted for 8 inches . . . and that is usually not just one storm.
I would point out that basic services such as safe roads is a governmental function.
A governmental function is whatever the hell We The People vote it to be. Fortunately the rules for deciding what is a governmental function aren’t decided by the mentally ill teabaggers with their tri-corner hats and Obama=Hitler signs.
Fortunately the rules for deciding what is a governmental function aren’t decided by the mentally ill teabaggers with their tri-corner hats and Obama=Hitler signs.
LOVE IT!
A governmental function is whatever the hell We The People vote it to be.
Since, WE THE PEOPLE are not voting for health care, it technically should not be a government function either.
Of course DELDOT is a state agency and not their own ‘entity’. The government created a ‘Transportation Trust Fund’ to help address pressing infrastructure needs some 20 years ago, but the bulk of what DELDOT does has to be approved by the General Assembly. Most of the capital projects are funded through the Bond Bill (as are school and prison construction), and the operations of the Department through the Budget Bill.
“and the operations of the Department through the Budget Bill.”
nope.
Department opperations are funded through the trust fund as a relust of a Carper budget trick.
The trust fund is the repository of the state excise tax on motor fuels (and Fed money) it funds road building and repair. Prior to the Carper budget manipulation, Deldot office budget (the “overhead” or non capital expenses) was part of the general fund budget.
while he lusted after the money, it was the result of a Carper budget trick.
It was a Minner budget trick, not Carper.
but I believe that employees are paid through the General Fund not the trust fund (but I’m not really sure)
Carper moved Deldot’s operating budget into the TTF
Minner moved the DMV budget into the TTF