David Johann wrote on April 01, 2008 10:08 PM: The sad thing about "tim" is that he does not even know what he does not know.

tim wrote on April 01, 2008 07:47 PM: david you just described yourself in your fourth paragraph. way to go,its about time.

tim wrote on April 01, 2008 07:45 PM: i have an idea,lets eliminate dina titus as an elected official.money saved by her overpaid income and money saved by not having her spend more of our money on her dumb ideas.john f.when dont you ever stick up for anyone in gov? oh yeah when its our gov.you keep saying you never worked in government,i doubt that.

David Johann wrote on April 01, 2008 04:27 PM: I know where we can save a lot of money: further cutbacks in the Nevada State staff that surveys endoscopy clinics and nursing homes.

On the national level, we can do away with laws regulating the issuing of mortgages. Should save a lot there as well.

And the hotels are far too burdened by fire inspections and complying with fire codes.

It's amazing capitalism can even survive with all of these California-style, left-wing, communist, socialist, collectivist, nanny-state hindrances.

Are ya' with me now, AM radio listeners?

Jon H. wrote on April 01, 2008 01:36 PM: John F.

In a word many poster are experiencing:

Schadenfreude

noun

Definition: gloating at somebody else's bad luck: malicious or smug pleasure taken in somebody else's misfortune.

It is likely caused because of the class war between the Private sector and the Public sector that has developed over the last twenty years, due to the inequities of wage, job security and benefits between the two groups.

The public sector continues to raise the specter of a class war between the rich and poor, but in fact, I suspect this is in fact simply a red herring, to hide the real “brewing” class war.

So, John F., your arguments are sound . . . but are falling on deaf ears.

John F wrote on April 01, 2008 11:57 AM: "They need to weather this fiscal storm by cutting spending -- reduce operating expenses, delay the construction of new buildings and lay off nonessential personnel."

Let's start by laying off the RJ editorial board and sending their salaries to Carson City.

It's a very easy thing to say let's eliminate someone else's job, isn't it?

Lay people off and we save the cost of their salaries while having to pick up the cost of their unemployment, their welfare, etc. We also lose the benefit of the services they provide. Do the editors believe that the medical facilities inspectors we don't have are non-essential employees? Is not having them saving us money or costing us money right now? This medical situation has left the people of Nevada strapped for services and will probably keep good doctors from ever coming here while sending malpractice rates through the roof. More frequent inspections may have averted this entire mess. The costs of doing without government services may not be apparent, but as the Colonoscopy Center scandal shows, they can be real and very damaging.

Lee wrote on April 01, 2008 11:13 AM: The police demand more and more money, but the gang problem just gets worse. Obviously, they aren't effective. But they still love to give working people traffic tickets.

ZZ wrote on April 01, 2008 10:48 AM: Cops have a surplus of tax payers money. Why don't they use that. After all we are paying for it..

John F wrote on April 01, 2008 09:36 AM: I agree with the editors that we shouldn't be borrowing money to pay for the needs of today. Where does that leave us, though? Our Governor steadfastly refuses to do anything that would increase revenues.

That would be fine if our current revenues were up to the task of meeting our needs. We know, however, that current revenues do not meet our needs. Certainly we don't have enough money to adequately fund highway construction. We don't have enough money to adequately fund inspection of medical clinics. We don't have enough money to adequately fund education. We don't have enough money to....you get the idea.

Since the raising of fees or taxes is a non-starter with the Governor, Senator Titus can hardly be faulted for exploring the possibility of different sources of revenue. The choices are clear and stark. The consequences of doing nothing, as the Governor proposes, will be far worse for the long-term health of our state than acting now to make up this shortfall.

Fafner wrote on April 01, 2008 09:24 AM: Well, if we need to lay off nonessential personnel, we could start with the governor.

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