Hickory , North Carolina – Conservative, Old Fashioned Values, Anti-Big Government, Independent.
OH REALLY!
If you look at how Hickory City Government really works there isn’t much difference between the actions and philosophy of City Council versus Barack Obama. For example, this Tuesday the Council will consider and no doubt approve a “partnership” with local businesses and local government (insert “taxpayer”) to remove graffiti from businesses astute enough to suck up to the public teat. The argument is that graffiti is unsightly, looks blighted and bad and, of course, detracts from the public good as well as the private business. What is the difference between this and Obama’s desire to take over the health care industry? In both cases the taxpayers will foot the bill for private business activities with “the public good” as the rationale for government involvement. Or how about the take over of GM? Well, a vibrant auto industry is in the public interest isn’t it? We need the jobs here. (Too bad the blacksmiths didn’t have Obama around in the horse and buggy days)
Why not pay for their garbage pick up? After all, garbage laying around is unsightly and could lead to disease. Why not paint their walls and re-carpet their floors? After all, poorly maintained businesses detract from the image of a prosperous, progressive Hickory . Why not have the taxpayers pay a bonus to all business owners? After all, we don’t want our wealthier folks too far down the ladder of prosperity. We want our Country Clubbers to be able to proudly hob nob with the best, don’t we.
The bottom line is that you can justify almost any kind of expenditure with this kind of fuzzy thinking and there is far too much of it in Hickory City Government. We yell ‘ fascist’ and ‘socialist’ when Obama does it but when Rudy-Mick and company do it the few literate people in Hickory who do notice it apparently give it a collective: duh huh. Apparently, passing out the public’s goodies to the politically connected will continue apace even though the City’s finances aren’t in the best shape.
We have no cause to yell at the current Federal government when we do the same here in Hickory . But with the apathy in this City I’m sure it won’t even be noticed, much less create a stir. Welcome to the first great legislative action of Hickory 2010. The Obama/Wright leadership team rolls on.
