November 16, 2005

Taxation

Can We Get this Deal in Rhode Island?

Carroll Andrew Morse

The good news is that Alaska�s bridge to nowhere is going to be defunded (h/t Instapundit). The bad news is that the consensus seems to be that Alaska now gets to spend the money that would have gone to the bridge anyway it wants. That�s right, Alaksa -- a state with no sales tax and no income tax -- is getting a $223,000,000 subsidy from the federal government.

Can we get that deal here in Rhode Island? Check out this list of federal money earmarked for Rhode Island. Now consider Rhode Island�s $60,000,000 fiscal year 2006 shortfall.

Yesterday, I read quotes from State Representative Steven Constantino, Ocean State Action Director Marti Rosenberg, and Rhode Island Poverty Institute Director Kate Brewster saying that the state�s human services programs should not be cut. Today, we�ve found a source for the money! Will Constantino or Rosenberg or Brewster call on our federal representatives to redirect funding from bike paths and the purchase of conservation land so that the �poorest kids and families� don�t have �to bear the brunt of any cuts� because of the budget shortfall?

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I think that Rhode Island got a good shake with the Transportation Bill. The second best in the country. So I don't see any cause to complain.

Posted by: Daniel Webster at November 19, 2005 4:53 PM