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"lein" <boomer_the_cat@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> Paul J. Berg wrote:
> > What if Oregon could enjoy the fastest economic growth rate of any state
> > over the next five years? What if, over the next two years, Oregon could
> > build a rainy day fund in excess of $2 billion to help cushion
> > inevitable economic downturns?
>
>
> A rainy day fund isn't necessarily a good thing.  It would allow a
> government that becomes bloated and unresponsive to maintain status quo
> and avoid necessarily reorganizations.
>
> Also, a pot of $2 billion just sitting there will soon become a pot of
> $2billion worth of IOUs.  Afterall, politicians were elected to solve
> problems they invented, they will need that money to solve their make
> believe problems, and of course they will want ot live up to their
> promise to provide all things to all people without raising their taxes.
>
To you, all government problems are make believe problems.