tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535390.post7575175253097515057..comments2024-01-24T11:17:30.926-05:00Comments on Cincinnati Blog: City Council Found a Way to Punt, AGAIN!Brian Griffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00662857795736971173noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535390.post-17630457088098050742011-01-02T06:00:07.476-05:002011-01-02T06:00:07.476-05:00The city of Cincinnati is not an employment agency...The city of Cincinnati is not an employment agency. It is not a social agency. They had enough warning that the economy had gone south. The money is not there, so they need to stop the spending. Whether you like it or not, the fact is the city population has shrunk; property values have dropped; inflation raises prices; it is a problem that is common throughout the country.<br /><br />I don't know who Enky is or who Luke is but if they can get off on this sexually, they are lucky weirdos.dieterschmiedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06192910626330169144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535390.post-46238292362664061872010-12-30T10:39:27.498-05:002010-12-30T10:39:27.498-05:00Having just read the Enquirer's editorial, thi...Having just read the Enquirer's editorial, this is the Pain Caucus run amok. They want to jack off over the agony of fired public sector employees, and Council just cock-blocked them.<br /><br />They say "Those benighted private-sector workers... are seldom insulated from economic downturns..." THAT'S THE MOTHERFUCKING POINT. If we had private trash collection, we'd have higher unemployment right now.<br /><br />The point of public policy in a cyclical recession is MAKE THINGS BETTER. They're crying in their Froot Loops because Council rejected a policy that would cost more money overall and raise unemployment BUT would take a line-item off the public balance sheet.<br /><br />Enky manufactures the budgetary crisis every two years because they derive sexual pleasure out of the idea of a collective self-flagellation. Guess what? We don't need to sacrifice those jobs this year. Things will be better because of it. Hooray!Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07016294207471723556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535390.post-63134832560604978472010-12-30T10:11:30.705-05:002010-12-30T10:11:30.705-05:00Well, here's the thing. Our problem is a reve...Well, here's the thing. Our problem is a revenue drop, not a spending increase. I mean, did you notice the national depression? So, the budget won't be fixed until the revenue decrease is fixed.<br /><br />(I'm not sure it's possible to find these figures online, which is problematic. A decent newspaper would report those numbers.)<br /><br />Tax revenues are under their expectations, based on much higher unemployment than usual. So, creating a structural budget based on the current fiscal year is stupid, because we'll wind up with a giant surplus when revenues return to the historical norm.<br /><br />That surplus will be spent on whatever Winburn wants, because he's our Olympia Snowe. I'm betting that "what Winburn wants" is worse than "what we have now", so I'm happy with stop-gaps.<br /><br />Thus, one-time revenues are the optimal stop-gap to maintain a good long-term budget.<br /><br />Firing people is a shitty way to lower unemployment, after all. And if you think we have a bigger problem than the unemployment rate, you're nuts--especially since Kasich plans to fire a bunch of teachers.<br /><br />OTOH, I can't find reportage on the actual $29 million in cuts. Is there a journalist in the building?Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07016294207471723556noreply@blogger.com