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Most of them government employees are nice people on an individual level. It's when you lump them all together into a GOVERNMENT that you get a mess. I wish there was a planet I could go to and grab some acreage and just be left alone. But NO, long before you know, there will be government officials coming on the tails of their army and police forces trying to convince me at the point of a gun that I need that service and this service and that I need to help those less fortunate, so why don't I give some money for no service at all, and then, of course, I have to pony up something for the administrators who will run the whole damn thing. And so, to hell in a hand-basket, goes my brand new, not-so-long uninhabited, planet. Kind of like the US.
A practical question: what if I dug up my own pond and built a house that had a view of it? Do I get taxed extra on my own labor that I didn't even get paid for?
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I get apoplectic every time I read wingwiper's tax assessment story. the gall these people have...
As I review my August paycheck and notice that I'm missing about 45% of my pay, a thought crosses my mind that government is a punishment from God, and, as we know, the loving father spareth not his rod.
I think we should accept the abuse from our government with all obedience and humility - it's only fitting since we're the ones responsible for it's existance. If we're not willing to do what it takes to "reform" this government, then there's no point in crying.
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Billy,
I'm with you on that one. Can't expect the pols to do what is right by us; they've created their own self-sustaining power base. Like Art said, government is a cancer, and cancers are very smart about their survival.
The thing about cancers is, they don't go away by persuasion like a mild depression and you can't wait them out like a cold. You either poison them with chemicals or cut them out. In either case, the rest of the body suffers, but is better off in the long run. IMHO, we're overdue for a surgery.
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what's the root of the word assessor? that's all they are. just weren't smart enough to answer the pnone at customer service.
I had an appraiser fail my kitchen once since the new countertops weren't installed yet. No matter - the house has no functional kitchen, there goes the appraisal.
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The building inspector in my old town threatened to have my new porch demolished because the builder didn't build the access stairs to code (one stair was 0.5" taller than the other). Even sent me a nasty letter saying that remedial work must be done or I can't use my porch. I called him to ask him what the hell was wrong with him and told him that he can deal with the builder himself. Never heard from the inspector again and the stairs remained as "unsafe" as the day they were built. I bet Mr. Ben Franklin settled the matter.
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Re: inspections vs. fire prevention.
Gotta disagree with you here. If I understand you correctly, you're linking stringent inspection regime with fire prevention. Although a strict regime may reduce the incidence of fires, the lack of it does not correlate well with the incidence of fire-related deaths (i.e. Wyoming has the lowest rate but is not known as an overregulated state, Idaho is 3rd lowest). Furthermore, federal funding for fire prevention does not necessarily translate into fire prevention (despite receiving this funding, the southern states and Alaska are still the highest in fire-related deaths).
But here is what I do see:
Quote from the link:
"African Americans and Native Americans are at higher risk for fire-related deaths than any other race or ethnicity."
Again, a nearly all white Wyoming, without regulations, manages to stay fire-free.
Conclusions:
-- Some folks have harder time dealing with modern amenities such as gas and electricity than others.
-- You can't pay your way out of stupidity.
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Eric,
Below are a few arcticles that deal with the more broad issue of accidental injury (of which fire-related morbidity/mortality is a part). I'm sure you can access them through your sci. lit. access service.
My point is that you cannot eliminate social problems by government regulation (including overbearing construction regulations). People have to address their problems on an individual level. Our problem is that responsible people end up under the same set of regulations that are meant to protect the irresponsible and stupid. Maybe safety regulations should only be applied to "stupid zones".
Durkin MS, Davidson LL, Kuhn L, et al. Low-income neighborhoods and the risk of severe pediatric injury: a small-area analysis in northern Manhattan. Am J Public Health 1994;84:587-92.
Bourguet CC, McArtor RE. Unintentional injuries. Risk factors in preschool children. Am J Dis Child 1989;143:556-9.
Pomerantz WJ, Dowd MD, Buncher CR. Relationship between socioeconomic factors and severe childhood injuries. J Urban Health 2001;78:141-51
Scholer SJ, Hickson GB, Ray WA. Sociodemographic factors identify US infants at high risk of injury mortality. Pediatrics 1999;103:1183-8.
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You're right about the inspectors and beurocrats.
An inspector should be an optional safety feature for the homeowner, much like when you buy a house, you get an inspector to make sure you know what you're getting. It would be an easy task to scan the walls with a hand-held ultrasound device and see how good the frame is. Or go up in the attic and see how good the rafters are. The buyers need to take responsibility for what they are buying and when that happens, the builders will make sure they build quality homes or people won't buy them. Now, all they have to do is influence the specs legislature by buying off county and state officials, then claim that the house is sound according to the specs. BS! Let the private sector decide what is good enough and then the quality will go up.
I bet when you built your house, you didn't need an inspector to tell you how well you want it built. You took the responsibility to ensure that it was over and above the minimum specs. It would be nice if the system didn't stifle others from taking responsibility; let people make their own mistakes and make their own decisions, they might just learn something and be less reliant on government. Oh, I forgot, we wouldn't want that...
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