“If we cut taxes, they’ll have to lay off government employees!”
Yes....and then the taxpayers will have more money to spend and the private sector will grow and those laid off government employees can find jobs there. My little town hired an arborist.....an arborist.....somebody’s brother needed a job......what does a government arborist do all year long?.....couldn’t the city hire a private sector arborist for a couple of weeks a year?......
“And now the city arborist will give his report.”
“The leaves have fallen off the trees!”
“Doesn’t that usually happen in the fall?”
“And now the city street supervisor will give his report.”
“Some white stuff fell from the sky and made all the streets slippery!”
“I guess the changing of the seasons is too much to comprehend.”
Our city arborist runs around and tells people they cannot cut down trees even when they are falling on their houses. Then, when a developer comes along and wants to remove 200 year old speciman trees from undeveloped land, the arborist says, “Well he can do that as long as he plants new trees elsewhere on the property,” and the developer puts in a few half inch twigs in place of a 50 inch, 200 year old oak tree. And everybody applauds and says that they are doing a fine job.
In our town (within city limits) you now have to get a PERMIT to cut down or prune trees. Government gone wild...