A "Legal" 99.9 For Lawrence?

[Paul Hopfgarten]

No, Mr Barrister, Level Funding is NOT a cut. Level Funding MEANS Level
Funding...This reminds me of the famous Kevin White practice of proposing a
$10/1K prop tax increase in Boston, then coming back to say "Eureka! I've
cut the taxes $5/1K!" which in essence becomes a $5/1K increase. I see this
B.S. going on in my town, and thats why we have a 8-yr running successful
Tax Cap, which at least mitigates some of the nonsense that goes on at Town
Hall, and as an 8-yr Town Councilor, I know where the waste is (and believe
you me there is a fair amount).

And Unions make 10+% packages sound like 3% increases because the SALARY
increases 3%, but when benifit increases are included, the REAL cost to
taxpayers is 10%! Liberals play this game at least as well as(I'd say better
than)Conservatives.

-Paul Hopfgarten
-East Derry NH


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Of A. Joseph Ross
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 11:36 PM
To: Dan Billings
Cc: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
Subject: Re: A "Legal" 99.9 For Lawrence?


On 1 Jan 2004 at 16:33, Dan Billings wrote:

> Anyone have any numbers on the FCC budget?  I would be shocked if it has
> actually been reduced in the last 20 years.  I bet it has increased very
> year.

There are many ways to cut a budget and have it not look like a cut.
Level-funding is a cut.
Not increasing funding enough to cover  increased operating costs is a cut.
Increasing the
agency's workload without increasing its budget accordingly is a cut.

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