Re: Candorville 8-30-2005



The brain droppings of peterson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx were posted in
news:1125404234.058374.182630@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 30 Aug
2005:

> Dann wrote:
>> http://www.comics.com/wash/candorville/archive/candorville-20050830.ht
>> ml
>>
>> A question. Is this a real problem? Has the government been handing
>> over wads of cash without expecting to have expenditures accounted
>> for? And by a 'problem' I mean in more than few locations that are
>> the exception rather than the rule.
>
> I didn't take it that way at all -- I saw it as a caution that when
> local "faith based" groups are government funded, they'll be less apt
> to maintain their traditional role as advocates for their members, or
> at least less apt to criticize the government who has become a
> financial mainstay of their organizations.

That's one of the reasons why I asked it as a question. If it is
supposed to be cautionary, then I agree with the general point. In fact,
I'd point to other examples of where federal money has screwed things up
(such as education, aviation security, etc.).

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