dry berth project

[caldera]

Wow. For a bunch of wargame enthusiasts you sure are harsh towards the USS Texas. I guess she's just not as glamorous as the Bunker Hill.

So much for preserving an actual piece of history. Oh well, guess I'll just go buy an i-something instead. 

I don't think anyone here is being harsh.  It's going to cost, in the immortal words of Captain Lonestar: "a shitload of money!"

Taxpayers and the vermin who feed off them will look at the bill and say "no way".  Kind of funny that it's always said, they don't have the money for projects like this but waste dump trucks full of it at every turn.  Seems we constantly hear about how Social Security will run out of money, but how come we never hear about WELFARE running out of money?

What's interesting is, the first group worked for their money but the second didn't. 


"Fear will keep the local systems in line.  Fear of this battle station."

[jeffdn]

Taxpayers and the vermin who feed off them will look at the bill and say "no way".  Kind of funny that it's always said, they don't have the money for projects like this but waste dump trucks full of it at every turn.  Seems we constantly hear about how Social Security will run out of money, but how come we never hear about WELFARE running out of money?

That's because Social Security is funded by a special trust overseen by the Social Security Administration, while welfare is funded by state governments supported by federal government grants. The Social Security trust is funded by a separate tax than regular federal taxes, as I'm sure you've noticed on your paycheck. Furthermore, welfare is "running out" of money, as things like food stamps and unemployment continue to be further defunded.

[ReVo]

I don't think anyone here is being harsh.  It's going to cost, in the immortal words of Captain Lonestar: "a shitload of money!"

Taxpayers and the vermin who feed off them will look at the bill and say "no way".  Kind of funny that it's always said, they don't have the money for projects like this but waste dump trucks full of it at every turn.  Seems we constantly hear about how Social Security will run out of money, but how come we never hear about WELFARE running out of money?

What's interesting is, the first group worked for their money but the second didn't.  


"Fear will keep the local systems in line.  Fear of this battle station."

Not everybody on Welfare is some kind of horrible bum leeching off the system. Hell, a lot of airline pilots qualify for foodstamps. Personally I don't think they're mooching and even if I did I sure as hell wouldn't tell them at 25,000 feet.

[Blinder]

Sooo...helping people that are starving, and homeless because of a despot or famine or drought or whatever is less important than saving a battleship? I honor the memories of those who served, but to put a material object before humankind is not right. If you really are concerned about the ship, join the campaign(or start one) to save it with PRIVATE funds.

I did.

Your turn.

http://battleshiptexas.org/