Muda69

https://www.cato.org/blog/do-states-need-income-taxes Agreed. State individual income taxes need to be repealed. They are anti-freedom. After all is a man not entitled the sweat of his own brow?

It's Not Happening, And It's Good That It Is: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/its-not-happening-and-its-good-that-it-is/

Not anymore. Now they are supposed to cry along with you, to validate your feelings.

https://reason.com/2022/09/29/government-subsidies-encouraged-millions-to-move-into-hurricane-ians-destructive-path/ (See this Cambridge University Press paper, as well as these Reason pieces, for more on the history of the National Flood Insurance Program.) Since the program started, tons more people have moved into flood zones. In Florida, for instance, millions of people in the past 50 years have moved into what became Hurricane Ian's path. And many new homes in risky areas were built to accommodate this. While some of these folks would surely have moved regardless, it seems likely that many would have been turned off if they couldn't get relatively inexpensive flood insurance. And the federal government isn't the only entity subsidizing flood insurance. In Florida, the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corporation recently "reached 1.055 million policies — more than double the number two years ago," reports ClickOrlando. CEO Barry Gilway "said this comes as private insurers continue to drop customers to curb their losses." Interruption of market forces has made moving into disaster zones less financially risky for individuals but much more costly for taxpayers overall, while also discouraging development in other areas and encouraging people to put or keep themselves in harm's way. Once again I, the taxpayer, are forced to subsidize and in a way validate the consequences of bad & risky decisions of other individuals.

More evil perpetrated by the Jones Act: https://reason.com/2022/09/27/in-the-aftermath-of-hurricane-fiona-the-jones-act-is-screwing-over-puerto-rico-again/ Essentially, Park is telling the administration to just ignore everybody in Puerto Rico screaming at them for help. They, apparently, should wait to see if the domestic ships fail to provide what they need before letting foreign ships respond. Imagine this mindset in any other industry—demanding that failure must happen before competition could be permitted. Colin Grabow has been documenting the many negative impacts on American consumers and competitive enterprise caused by the Jones Act as a research fellow at the Cato Institute's Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies. He noted in July that America's protectionist shipping laws have long been a disaster for Puerto Rico. Lawmakers have generally just refused to deal with it in favor of catering to the maritime industry and its unions. "Puerto Rico has a 43 percent poverty rate," he tells Reason in response to the industry's insistence that the law be maintained. "So why are we subjecting them to some of the world's most expensive shipping? In the discussion about how to help Puerto Rico, how about we begin by ending policies like the Jones Act that actively hurt the island?" The industry has long-defended the law by insisting that Americans would lose their jobs if we allowed foreign vessels to engage in shipping between domestic ports. Grabow thinks this is a short-sighted position. "U.S. policy shouldn't be dictated by whether someone, somewhere loses a job," Grabow says. "By that logic we should oppose all technological progress and free trade. While some would lose jobs, many other Americans would gain employment and see their standards of living raised. The Jones Act is properly understood as a tax on domestic commerce that drives up the cost of Americans trading with one another. That's not exactly pro-jobs or pro-prosperity." Biden is a stalwart supporter of the Jones Act and defended it both before and during his administration. This morning he nevertheless tweeted his alleged appreciation for capitalism and competition: But as long as he supports the Jones Act, which deliberately shields the American shipping industry from competition at the expense of hundreds of thousands of U.S. citizens, this is just hot air. Agreed. Waiting for for a liberal shill like Dante to come in here and tell all why the Jones Act is still important and neeed.

Biden Asks If Recently Deceased Congresswoman Is At White House Speech https://www.zerohedge.com/political/watch-biden-asks-if-recently-deceased-congresswoman-white-house-speech As one of comments to this sad story states: "Commander in Chief." "Think about that."

Stats padding.

The thing with NFL grass fields is it looks like the grass height requirements set forth by the NFL are so short that some fields look more like painted dirt. https://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/sports/a30692808/super-bowl-field/

But not all change is good. Just give me the new-fangled LED stadium lights with their bling-bling flashing colors. I hear it only cost Frankfort around $350,00 to install.

Just keep trying MarshallCounty. I've posted many of the same reports on various other threads concerning field turf here on the GID, and they are all discounted by the pro-turfers. They just love spending taxpayer dollars, I guess. In my football playing days washing uniforms was primarily the job of the team managers. Do they still have those?

Meh, I did it in the 1980's. What is so difficult about doing it now?

Agreed. Too many navel gazers here on the GID though, believing turf is a high school utopia.

Satanic Temple sues Indiana over abortion law, claiming it violates religious rights https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/indianapolis/2022/09/27/satanic-temple-lawsuit-indiana-abortion-law-violates-religious-rights/69521905007/ And the lawsuits just keep on coming.

On 9/24 with a 4-1 victory over Tri-West the Frankfort Boys Soccer teams goes undefeated in Sagamore Conference play and claims the conference championship. Currently the Hot Dogs are 10-1-1, their only loss was on 9/20 to class 2A #1 ranked West Lafayette and that was a 5-4 slugfest. The Red Devils and Hot Dogs will mostly likely meet each other on 10/5 in the semifinal round of sectional #18, hosted by West Lafayette. One can see how the precious few OMG! Athletes walking the halls of FHS are distributed amongst the fall extracurricular sports teams.

Kokomo Wildkats. Carroll (Flora) Cougars.

https://apnews.com/article/tom-brady-nfl-science-sports-football-a3702b1af07a3cce738aaeb9140e3958 I prefer the LD16 program:

‘I’m not sure he’s going to escape jail’: could Trump’s legal woes prevent a 2024 run? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/21/donald-trump-lawsuit-new-york-investigation

Braves are soon to be Miami County Champions. That is if you don't count Jackson township whose kids go to Oak Hill...............................

https://apnews.com/article/abortion-health-indiana-legislature-9dda020bf811f19e6254915ca1324edc?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_06 So I assume the ACLU decided to file the lawsuit in Owen County because they thought that Ms. Hanlon would be more sympathetic to issuing such a preliminary injunction, than if they say filed the lawsuit in Marion County or Allen County?

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/how-to-break-the-two-party-system/ Sounds logical, and smart, to me.

Michigan Rolls Back Reforms of Civil Asset Forfeiture https://reason.com/2022/09/22/michigan-rolls-back-asset-forfeiture-reform/ A big step backwards in personal rights.