Welfare for Wineries?
In researching government budgets, I come across dubious spending projects all the time, but one recent example struck me as particularly idiotic and unjust.
The title of a recent press release from New York governor George Pataki says it all: “GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES $500,000 IN GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR NEW YORK WINERIES TO IMPROVE THEIR WEBSITES.”
So, New York is taxing the hard-earned wages of truck drivers and retail clerks and giving it to well-heeled winery owners and web services companies?
Come on Americans, wake up. Far too much of what our federal, state, and local governments do these days is just pure theft.
Filed under: Government and Politics; Tax and Budget Policy
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