Where, I ask, is the morality in attempting to force other people to take food off their own table and hand over their money to pay for something you want?
KDBD-TV in Lubbock reported a story we see repeated time and again. In the latest story one Megan Zant was once in Plano and took her son to a water feature called a splash pad that Plano taxpayers built in one of their parks. She thinks that her free use of such was so great that she wants to force folks who are poor, on fixed incomes, struggling to put kids through college, etc. to pay for the same things in her town.
Probably unaware that Lubbock voters specifically turned down a splash pad project in a bond election just a few years ago, Ms. Zant went to city council with all her civic zeal with a presentation arguing that everyone else should have to give up some more resources they use for their families to pay for building and operating the splash pads.
Lubbock already forces taxpayers to operate several swimming pools and Councilman Griffith pointed out the city has a tough time taking care of those. But you see, we live in a society where people think others owe them some certain “quality of life” – even something as trivial as splash pads which according to her proposal would cost just under a million dollars just to build.
Has Megan Zant heard of a hose and sprinkler for her kid and others? Nope, she saw something she likes and wants others, many of whom struggle to even remain in their homes due to high property taxes, to build such for her.
Sadly much of our population thinks this way and it is immoral. If you want it, you pay for it. If it’s more than you can do, then you privately raise the money as Lubbock Councilwoman Karen Gibson rightly suggested.
Immoral: Asking others to pay for what you want, especially the trivial
Robert Pratt
Where, I ask, is the morality in attempting to force other people to take food off their own table and hand over their money to pay for something you want?
KDBD-TV in Lubbock reported a story we see repeated time and again. In the latest story one Megan Zant was once in Plano and took her son to a water feature called a splash pad that Plano taxpayers built in one of their parks. She thinks that her free use of such was so great that she wants to force folks who are poor, on fixed incomes, struggling to put kids through college, etc. to pay for the same things in her town.
Probably unaware that Lubbock voters specifically turned down a splash pad project in a bond election just a few years ago, Ms. Zant went to city council with all her civic zeal with a presentation arguing that everyone else should have to give up some more resources they use for their families to pay for building and operating the splash pads.
Lubbock already forces taxpayers to operate several swimming pools and Councilman Griffith pointed out the city has a tough time taking care of those. But you see, we live in a society where people think others owe them some certain “quality of life” – even something as trivial as splash pads which according to her proposal would cost just under a million dollars just to build.
Has Megan Zant heard of a hose and sprinkler for her kid and others? Nope, she saw something she likes and wants others, many of whom struggle to even remain in their homes due to high property taxes, to build such for her.
Sadly much of our population thinks this way and it is immoral. If you want it, you pay for it. If it’s more than you can do, then you privately raise the money as Lubbock Councilwoman Karen Gibson rightly suggested.