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I wish that I had some empirical evidence for that idea, though.
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There are tons of other funds in government that are like this. You have x amount to spend and any less than that is returned to the general fund.
Libraries of all organizations should understand that there are plenty of needy organizations that draw from public funds. It was greedy of them to insist it be spent in some way on them instead of simply returned to the general funds to be spent on roads or healthcare.
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I'm so glad I live in the relatively normal state o' Washington.
Most of the money given to "fellow travelers" of the RNC is shipped overseas to Red China, as part of their communist dues structure.
And then used to prevent iPad workers from committing suicide when they find out they have no Freedom in that Dictatorship of the Republitariat.
I think it's useful to fund the arts, and this sort of program does help to spread appreciation for the arts. The real problem is, as Gaiman mentioned, that the program involved no roll-over provision. If it had allowed for the money to roll-over to the next year if not spent, then it could have been used to provide many cheaper library-related events.
However, this was still a fairly successful program, even if not done nearly as well as it should have been.
The problem was not the author, but the way the funding was granted and managed. When the grant was given with that kind of restriction, this was inevitable.
Of course, the people at the library *should* have thought of the greater good and tried to not spend all the money, but that's easier said than done.
He was born into it, his money still goes to COS causes post-marriage, though I'm sure it's to keep from him being disconnected from his children, which still live with the ex-wfie.
Anyone else looking forward to the film about the Russian Youth Circus at SIFF?
Restricted-use budgets like this are one driver of ever-increasing spending. Whoever is responsible for administring the money wants to use it so they don't loose it, so programs only grow, never shrink. They should introduce savings incentives, e.g. the person who administers the budgets gets 5% of whatever he returns to the general fund. That would not only encourage reduced spending, it would also help to introduce into the public sector the execs-get-rich-and-little-people-get-fired cost-cutting dynamic that exists in the private sector.
Oh, and its "whom I hate", not "who I hate".
Neil Gaiman in the Cornerstone Newsletter along with Mary Gaiman, as
contributing $35,000.00 in 2009. Being listed in the Cornerstone Newsletter
means you are in good-standing with the cult. In 2010, Mary Gaiman was awarded the "Gold Humanitarian Award" for her contribution of $500,000.00 to Scientology. This is
significant because Mary Gaiman continues to be Neil Gaiman’s business partner
in The Blank Corporation, which is now Neil Gaiman's Scientology front and how
he pays the cult. Gaiman is also the "Vitamin Heir" of Scientology.
The Gaiman family owns G&G Vitamins which reaps 6 million a year from selling
The Purification Rundown Vitamins.Gaiman's two sisters, Claire Edwards and Lizzie Calciole are not just high-ranking Scientologists, they are the head of RECRUITING and the head of Wealden House, the Scientology stronghold in East Grinstead. These two
cannot associate with Neil unless he is in good standing.
Matt Dean is right! Gaiman is taking money from Minnesota to fund Scientology which is being investigated for Human Trafficking. Gaiman is worse than a pencil necked weasel, he's a cult member and the only charity Gaiman donates to is SCIENTOLOGY!
Neil Gaiman in the Cornerstone Newsletter along with Mary Gaiman, as
contributing $35,000.00 in 2009. Being listed in the Cornerstone Newsletter
means you are in good-standing with the cult. In 2010, Mary Gaiman was awarded the "Gold Humanitarian Award" for her contribution of $500,000.00 to Scientology. This is
significant because Mary Gaiman continues to be Neil Gaiman’s business partner
in The Blank Corporation, which is now Neil Gaiman's Scientology front and how
he pays the cult. Gaiman is also the "Vitamin Heir" of Scientology.
The Gaiman family owns G&G Vitamins which reaps 6 million a year from selling
The Purification Rundown Vitamins.Gaiman's two sisters, Claire Edwards and Lizzie Calciole are not just high-ranking Scientologists, they are the head of RECRUITING and the head of Wealden House, the Scientology stronghold in East Grinstead. These two
cannot associate with Neil unless he is in good standing.
Amanda Palmer is Scientology approved and clearly a woman who would do anything to get ahead, even join a cult.