[George from New England]

And whos money was wasted here? Tax payers of course.

What gets me is the willness of governmental bodies to fund a program, then kill it only a few months later, and nobody talks about the setup costs or losses incurred. The sheeple feels lucky to have stopped the program, but overlooks the waste of money in the first place.

This is democratic tactics to continually push up tax revenues. It's free money to them; they're gonna find new ways to spend it one way or another.

[texson66]

Yep! You're singing to the choir!

[Spyder]

What gets me is the willness of governmental bodies to fund a program, then kill it only a few months later, and nobody talks about the setup costs or losses incurred. The sheeple feels lucky to have stopped the program, but overlooks the waste of money in the first place.

That actually hasn't been overlooked here. The news has reported several times (just heard it again half an hour ago) that to avoid breach of contract with the mainland van cam company, Hawaii will have to shell out $5-8 million bucks. Just another excuse to raise taxes, but then the van cams in the first place were a way of enacting a hidden tax.

[dr_who]

This is democratic tactics to continually push up tax revenues. It's free money to them; they're gonna find new ways to spend it one way or another.

I think these sorts of tactics (old fashioned speedtraps especially) are probably also popular in traditionally conservative rural areas, where it's hard to raise other taxes because of local opposition. I wouldn't lay the blame completely on Democrats. Regardless of party, finding new ways to spend money is never an issue. Chances are the money has already been spent.