Kentucky Cuts Education; Preserves Tax Breaks For Creationist Theme Park

[Eddie Teach]

Noah sucks though.  Moses wanted to go down with his people and God saved them.  Noah just lets them all drown the selfish fuck.

There was no room and the animals were already on the boat.

[Syt]

The thread about this on EUOT had a link to this blog.  It is a review of a textbook, Science 4 for Christian Schools produced by Bob Jones University.

http://www.11points.com/Books/11_Eye-Opening_Highlights_From_a_Creationist_Science_Textbook

Whoa!

[Iormlund]

Noah sucks though.  Moses wanted to go down with his people and God saved them.  Noah just lets them all drown the selfish fuck.

Maybe he tripped and fell into the boat.

[garbon]

What the hell does this have to do with me?   Every time there's a news story about something stupid happening in Missouri or Texas I don't say "good job Raz" or "good job Valmy".

I don't know about Valmy but unlike Raz, you voluntarily chose to move there.

[katmai]

IIRC Valmy is a texan with carpetbagging marylander roots from his poppa.

[fhdz]

Noah sucks though.  Moses wanted to go down with his people and God saved them.  Noah just lets them all drown the selfish fuck.

Maybe he tripped and fell into the boat.

[AnchorClanker]

Interesting.  It's a pity that they can't be more sensible about their situation.  Even an indirect subsidy, while legal, impacts the state budget and is thus a conscious decision to "fund" this at the expense of more worthy projects.

[Admiral Yi]

The sensibility of the tax break is ostenisbly about investment and job creation, not about the product they deliver.

[AnchorClanker]

The sensibility of the tax break is ostenisbly about investment and job creation, not about the product they deliver.

That's the spoonful of sugar to make the medicine go down.  It's a tough sell that this is more worthy than projects that had their funding decreased.

[Admiral Yi]

Typically a state Economic Development Office will offer a company tax breaks if they locate in their jurisdiction.  Without the tax breaks the company will go somewhere else.  So the alternative is not $50 million more in the state budget to spend on other nice things, it's likely less tax revenues.

No idea what the spoonful of sugar is supposed to mean.

[dps]

Typically a state Economic Development Office will offer a company tax breaks if they locate in their jurisdiction.  Without the tax breaks the company will go somewhere else.  So the alternative is not $50 million more in the state budget to spend on other nice things, it's likely less tax revenues.

That's the theory.  In practice, a lot of businesses get tax breaks that would have located in-state anyway. 

In general, I don't favor the practice.  I'd make an exception for breaks that go to companies willing to locate in areas within a state that are particularly economically disadvantaged or underdeveloped.

[The Brain]

Typically a state Economic Development Office will offer a company tax breaks if they locate in their jurisdiction.  Without the tax breaks the company will go somewhere else.  So the alternative is not $50 million more in the state budget to spend on other nice things, it's likely less tax revenues.

That's the theory.  In practice, a lot of businesses get tax breaks that would have located in-state anyway. 

In general, I don't favor the practice.  I'd make an exception for breaks that go to companies willing to locate in areas within a state that are particularly economically disadvantaged or underdeveloped.

So it's OK in this case.

[garbon]

No idea what the spoonful of sugar is supposed to mean.

Yes it does seem off considering that a "spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down." I doubt Ank thinks this is beneficial.

[citizen k]

No idea what the spoonful of sugar is supposed to mean.

Yes it does seem off considering that a "spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down." I doubt Ank thinks this is beneficial.

Maybe creation parks can be delightful?

[Caliga]

Ask Ed... I think he's been to that one.

A friend of mine took his wife and kids there as a lark (they're atheists) and his son got really scared and started screaming so they had to leave.