- A.F.

TWO CENTS x 2.5 MILLION TAXPAYERS IS $ 50,000 NOT $ 5000

SO IT IS LESS THAN A PENNY (ACTUALY A QUARTER OF A PENNY) PER TAXPAYER

SEND THE GAYS TO RHODE ISLAND…WE WILL TAKE THEIR CA$H–NO PROBLEM

LANCE IN NEWPORT RHODE ISLAND

Don’t insult the intelligence of people by trying to make that argument; we all know the gay aspect is what made this a story.

Anyone who reads the other thread on the topic can see that.

It was a huge story in the state — it was in every paper and on every news channel here. And that’s because those pennies (and it’s actually two cents per person as there are only about 2.5 million of us who pay taxes) add up quick.

You wouldn’t know it up there in self-righteous, PC New England, but our bloated state government is loaded with these little programs because “it’s only a few thousand dollars… it’s just two pennies per taxpayer.”

But $5,000 is a lot of money to most people in this state. When classrooms are failing, it’s extra money for teacher salaries or school supplies. And most of these “little programs” don’t cost $5,000; most cost $25,000, $50,000 or more.

A few hundred of these “little projects” later and SC taxpayers are each paying $100 a person just for the pork. That doesn’t include the cost of essential services and other necessary budgetary items.

The point is, the underlying problem here isn’t “teh gays,” it’s the complete failure of oversight in this state. A low-level employee allocates $5,000 here, $20,000 there, $100,000 somewhere else and NOBODY knows about it. If they do, as I believe PRT head Chad Prosser did, they simply look the other way and hope no one notices.

- A.F.

It was less than $ 5ooo

Less than a peeny per SC taxpayer.

promoting that famed “Southern Hospitality”

Fabu-Lance in Newport, Rhode Island