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ICW may be shut down.
unbelivably, there is now NO funding for the Atlantic ICW. If this continures
there will soon be no ICW, it shall be impassable. If you care act now. go to http://www.atlintracoastal.org/index.htm, read the article, write you congressmen, fight for one of our few remaining freedoms. Sterling Kennedy |
ICW may be shut down.
Or, you could go outside?? That's REAL freedom.
IMO, only the commercial interests have any chance of convincing congress to continue to spend tax dollars on the ICW. Spending a huge amount of money for recreational use by a very small(relatively) number of perceived fat cat yacht owners is a very hard sell. I kinda sorta agree with the congress on this one. CUT SPENDING!!! Butch Sterling wrote: unbelivably, there is now NO funding for the Atlantic ICW. If this continures there will soon be no ICW, it shall be impassable. If you care act now. go to http://www.atlintracoastal.org/index.htm, read the article, write you congressmen, fight for one of our few remaining freedoms. |
ICW may be shut down.
Florida Keyz wrote:
unbelivably, there is now NO funding for the Atlantic ICW. Actually, this isn't quite true. A small amount of money (a paltry few million) was allocated to Florida. .... If this continures there will soon be no ICW, it shall be impassable. Oh, I dunno, it will be there for a long time to come, it just will be "impassable" to boats over 3' draft. But the issue is a fairly serious one. The economic impact of the ICW includes a few billion doallars for commercial traffic, probably ten times that for recreational boaters. Think of all the marinas and gas docks and visitors centers along the ICW. Also, if there is little or no money for maintenance along the ICW, think what would be allocated for rescue of boaters trying to go outside around Cape Hattaras. Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
ICW may be shut down.
"DSK" wrote in message . .. Florida Keyz wrote: unbelivably, there is now NO funding for the Atlantic ICW. Actually, this isn't quite true. A small amount of money (a paltry few million) was allocated to Florida. .... If this continures there will soon be no ICW, it shall be impassable. Oh, I dunno, it will be there for a long time to come, it just will be "impassable" to boats over 3' draft. But the issue is a fairly serious one. The economic impact of the ICW includes a few billion doallars for commercial traffic, probably ten times that for recreational boaters. Think of all the marinas and gas docks and visitors centers along the ICW. Also, if there is little or no money for maintenance along the ICW, think what would be allocated for rescue of boaters trying to go outside around Cape Hattaras. Fresh Breezes- Doug King Maybe we should have tolls or permits or licences to use ICW? Collect from every boat. $50 for less than 20 feet, $250 for less than 28 feet, $1000 for 36 feet. Some appropriate price for commercial vessels. Add daily and weekly options and away you go. Why should the poor folks money be spent on recreation for the rich? Folks should pay their own way. del cecchi |
ICW may be shut down.
DSK wrote:
Florida Keyz wrote: unbelivably, there is now NO funding for the Atlantic ICW. Actually, this isn't quite true. A small amount of money (a paltry few million) was allocated to Florida. .... If this continures there will soon be no ICW, it shall be impassable. Oh, I dunno, it will be there for a long time to come, it just will be "impassable" to boats over 3' draft. But the issue is a fairly serious one. The economic impact of the ICW includes a few billion doallars for commercial traffic, probably ten times that for recreational boaters. Think of all the marinas and gas docks and visitors centers along the ICW. Also, if there is little or no money for maintenance along the ICW, think what would be allocated for rescue of boaters trying to go outside around Cape Hattaras. Fresh Breezes- Doug King Major budgetary cutbacks are planned for all infrastructure, and I would include the ICW, along with bridges, roads, airports, subways, et cetera. This is all so we can "better sustain" more funds going to the Department of Defense for Bush's endless, mindless war, a war that will result in a more dangerous world than we live in now. Reuters had an interesting article on the problem recently: Bush Reaches Out to Conservatives to Quell Revolt Fri Feb 20, 3:45 PM ET By Adam Entous WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has been reaching out to conservative groups to quell a rebellion over government spending and budget deficits, hoping to shore up President Bush's political base in an election year. Conservative leaders who have taken part in *private* White House meetings in recent weeks said on Friday officials have *promised to all but freeze non-defense spending,* and assured them Bush will follow through on his threat to veto major highway legislation if Congress refuses to scale it back. The price tag on a six-year highway and transportation bill stalled in the House of Representatives is $375 billion while a Senate highway bill calls for spending $318 billion. The White House has proposed a $256 billion measure. "Bush has been very attentive to the critique from the right," said Stephen Moore, president of the Club for Growth, a politically powerful conservative group -- offering tentative praise where once he talked openly of a brewing rebellion. But if the White House does not follow through, said Heritage Foundation vice president for government relations, Michael Franc, "all bets are off." |
ICW may be shut down.
del cecchi wrote:
Maybe we should have tolls or permits or licences to use ICW? Collect from every boat. $50 for less than 20 feet, $250 for less than 28 feet, $1000 for 36 feet. Some appropriate price for commercial vessels. Add daily and weekly options and away you go. Why should the poor folks money be spent on recreation for the rich? Folks should pay their own way. Well, we already do. If the fiscal burden of paying for the ICW is levied specifically on users, all other taxes should go down, right? The problem is that the gov't is already collecting the money and spending it on something else... now they have to go and collect more money. Check on the Wallop-Breaux fund, it's sources and disposition. Personally, I wouldn't mind paying a user fee for the ICW if that meant 1- it would actually be maintained to a consistent and reliable standard and 2- my fee also entailed a license to plunder anybody using the ICW who had dodged paying it. DSK |
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....If the fiscal burden of paying for the ICW is
levied specifically on users, all other taxes should go down, right? Gene Kearns wrote: You could make the same argument for hard surfaced roads. Would you? Absolutely. Are you suggesting that we should pay for things twice? FWIW I agree with your other posts stating that the ICW benefits all and thus a wide based tax support is fair. My post quoted above was a specific reply and may not have been worded very clearly. It doesn't change the issue as I see it: the gov't has already levied & is already collecting tax money intended to support the ICW (and other infrastructure); the problem is reallocation of these resources. Maybe if Halliburton picked up the dredging contract, Bush & Cheney would the ICW a much higher priority ;) DSK |
ICW... Halliburton
That was a *joke* Harry. Surely you are familiar with the concept, even
if you don't have an actual sense of humor? DSK Harry Krause wrote: Halliburton is advertising heavily on TV in the DC metro area, trying to convince everyone it is a patriotic company, only interested in service our national interests, and hiding the fact it is a war-mongering, taxpayer cheating tool of the neocon fascists who currently control our government. Or is the government a tool of Halliburton? |
ICW... Halliburton
DSK wrote:
That was a *joke* Harry. Surely you are familiar with the concept, even if you don't have an actual sense of humor? DSK Harry Krause wrote: Halliburton is advertising heavily on TV in the DC metro area, trying to convince everyone it is a patriotic company, only interested in service our national interests, and hiding the fact it is a war-mongering, taxpayer cheating tool of the neocon fascists who currently control our government. Or is the government a tool of Halliburton? Of course I got it. But the Halliburton ads running on TV now in my metro market are an even funnier joke. |
ICW may be shut down.
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 13:10:44 -0500, "Gene Kearns"
wrote: On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 12:31:02 -0500, DSK wrote: del cecchi wrote: Maybe we should have tolls or permits or licences to use ICW? Collect from every boat. $50 for less than 20 feet, $250 for less than 28 feet, $1000 for 36 feet. Some appropriate price for commercial vessels. Add daily and weekly options and away you go. Why should the poor folks money be spent on recreation for the rich? Folks should pay their own way. Well, we already do. If the fiscal burden of paying for the ICW is levied specifically on users, all other taxes should go down, right? SNIP DSK You could make the same argument for hard surfaced roads. Would you? I can't believe I'm going to jump in here, but I'm bored. Actually, no - that dog won't hunt so to speak. Take the Mass Pike for instance. When first envisioned, the Pike was designated as a toll road only for the time needed to pay for the road itself. What eventually happened was that the Pike started to eat it's own money with patronage, incredible amounts of pilferage, unnecessary road "repairs/improvements" so that essentially, the Pike became a breakeven operation - it cost as much as it made. With the advent of the "Big Dig", it became a monster cash cow contributing to the money pit for the 30 second improvement in traffic flow through Boston. Add to that the concept of "General Funding" in which all fees, taxes, fines and other revenue are not designated but allocated by a budgetary process from a "general revenue pool", obfuscating fiscal accountability for individual departments and state organizations and presto - the toll just becomes, in essence, another tax disguised as a "user fee". To put it another way, because the revenue is placed into a general budgetary process it's not a pay-to-pay system at all - the person paying income taxes in Revere is contributing to the health of the Pike as I do when I drive up to the Northshore for a weekend of striper fishing. And it's pretty much the same in other states that have tolls on interstates In Connecticut, tolls were actually removed from our three interstate routes (395/95 and older portions of 84) and have never been replaced. It was the result of a very bad accident involving a runaway cement truck and 10/12 cars stopped at a toll booth. The reasoning is that we can maintain the roads with Federal matching funds, so why add another tax/user fee which in this state, is an amazing concept. ;) So essentially, "user fees" will not allow for other "taxes" to go down because it's all one general revenue pool - the "General Fund" revenue stream/budgetary process does not allow for reduction of one source of as a result of increasing another one. I hope I explained that properly - I'm not an accountant. Later, Tom S. Woodstock, CT ---------- Basic Fishing Program: 10 - Fish 20 - Eat 30 - Sleep 40 - Goto 10 |
ICW may be shut down.
Blah, blah, blah...... just how many boats, not yachts, transit the ICW for
anything more than a short cruise or fishing trip, EXCEPT FOR COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC? Reread my original post carefully, if you can read well. Think you can or could transit the Panama Canal for free? Why not? Butch |
ICW may be shut down.
"Gene Kearns" wrote in message ... On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 12:31:02 -0500, DSK wrote: del cecchi wrote: Maybe we should have tolls or permits or licences to use ICW? Collect from every boat. $50 for less than 20 feet, $250 for less than 28 feet, $1000 for 36 feet. Some appropriate price for commercial vessels. Add daily and weekly options and away you go. Why should the poor folks money be spent on recreation for the rich? Folks should pay their own way. Well, we already do. If the fiscal burden of paying for the ICW is levied specifically on users, all other taxes should go down, right? SNIP DSK You could make the same argument for hard surfaced roads. Would you? -- Sales tax on Cars and Trucks, License plates, gas tax. Maybe not the whole bill but goes a long way. Sure, so long as I don't have to pay for other peoples goodies. Rain forests in Iowa, etc. del cecchi |
ICW may be shut down.
"Harry Krause" wrote in message ... del cecchi wrote: "DSK" wrote in message . .. Florida Keyz wrote: unbelivably, there is now NO funding for the Atlantic ICW. Actually, this isn't quite true. A small amount of money (a paltry few million) was allocated to Florida. .... If this continures there will soon be no ICW, it shall be impassable. Oh, I dunno, it will be there for a long time to come, it just will be "impassable" to boats over 3' draft. But the issue is a fairly serious one. The economic impact of the ICW includes a few billion doallars for commercial traffic, probably ten times that for recreational boaters. Think of all the marinas and gas docks and visitors centers along the ICW. Also, if there is little or no money for maintenance along the ICW, think what would be allocated for rescue of boaters trying to go outside around Cape Hattaras. Fresh Breezes- Doug King Maybe we should have tolls or permits or licences to use ICW? Collect from every boat. $50 for less than 20 feet, $250 for less than 28 feet, $1000 for 36 feet. Some appropriate price for commercial vessels. Add daily and weekly options and away you go. Why should the poor folks money be spent on recreation for the rich? Folks should pay their own way. del cecchi Yeah, and how about user fees for everything else, so Bush can continue to siphon off the taxpayers' money for his insane war? Want to get on an interstate? $5 each way. Want your beef inspected? $2 a pound. Want to watch TV? An additional $1.00 a day tax to access the public airwaves. Folks should be willing to pay their own way for everything. Well, here in the Democratic Republic of the SF Bay area. They do this. Costs $2 for a 2 axle vehicle to cross any bridge except the Golden Gate. 4 axles gets you $6.25. So car towing tandem trailer boat trailer. $6.25! There is a measure on the Ballot to raise tolls on the Bridges (except GG, is not run by the state, is run by local Democrats and they charge more!) an extra buck to fund mass transit not on the bridge. Seems as if the Democrats in Control (DOC) have no problem socking the public with more fees for their pet projects. Same DOC's who ran up a deficit in the last 4 years of $39 billion in this state. And Speaker Mr. Burton can only come up with raising taxes to cover the overspending! Raise spending 39% in 4 years when inflation and population growth accounts for a 9% requirement to stay even. |
ICW... Halliburton
"Harry Krause" wrote in message ... DSK wrote: That was a *joke* Harry. Surely you are familiar with the concept, even if you don't have an actual sense of humor? DSK Harry Krause wrote: Halliburton is advertising heavily on TV in the DC metro area, trying to convince everyone it is a patriotic company, only interested in service our national interests, and hiding the fact it is a war-mongering, taxpayer cheating tool of the neocon fascists who currently control our government. Or is the government a tool of Halliburton? Of course I got it. But the Halliburton ads running on TV now in my metro market are an even funnier joke. Would you be acceptable if Sea-Land got the contracts? Nice Democrat controlled business. |
ICW... Halliburton
Calif Bill wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message ... DSK wrote: That was a *joke* Harry. Surely you are familiar with the concept, even if you don't have an actual sense of humor? DSK Harry Krause wrote: Halliburton is advertising heavily on TV in the DC metro area, trying to convince everyone it is a patriotic company, only interested in service our national interests, and hiding the fact it is a war-mongering, taxpayer cheating tool of the neocon fascists who currently control our government. Or is the government a tool of Halliburton? Of course I got it. But the Halliburton ads running on TV now in my metro market are an even funnier joke. Would you be acceptable if Sea-Land got the contracts? Nice Democrat controlled business. It would be more acceptable if these contracts were not handed out as the spoils of war to friends of the politicians in charge. We've sort of Saddamized the process, eh? |
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ICW... Halliburton
"Harry Krause" wrote in message ... Calif Bill wrote: "Harry Krause" wrote in message ... DSK wrote: That was a *joke* Harry. Surely you are familiar with the concept, even if you don't have an actual sense of humor? DSK Harry Krause wrote: Halliburton is advertising heavily on TV in the DC metro area, trying to convince everyone it is a patriotic company, only interested in service our national interests, and hiding the fact it is a war-mongering, taxpayer cheating tool of the neocon fascists who currently control our government. Or is the government a tool of Halliburton? Of course I got it. But the Halliburton ads running on TV now in my metro market are an even funnier joke. Would you be acceptable if Sea-Land got the contracts? Nice Democrat controlled business. It would be more acceptable if these contracts were not handed out as the spoils of war to friends of the politicians in charge. We've sort of Saddamized the process, eh? Maybe learned from your mentors, the Johnson's. Lady Bird owned a bunch of Sea Land. And in 4 years, LBJ went from near bankrupt to $4mm++. |
ICW... Halliburton
"Calif Bill" wrote in message news:Eve_b.4401
Maybe learned from your mentors, the Johnson's. Lady Bird owned a bunch of Sea Land. And in 4 years, LBJ went from near bankrupt to $4mm++. Please post any and all references which back up your wild allegations that Harry's "mentors" were the Johnsons. |
ICW may be shut down. GET OFF YOUR BUTTS!
I can't hardly believe you guys.
Your all talk and NO action. You are Turning this into a political discusioin while you may be loosing the icw! http://www.atlintracoastal.org/index.htm Follow the link I send, contact your congress, your senators, and your government. Spend 5 friggin dollars and join the Atlantic Intracoastal orginization. SH*t or get off the pot! or better said, Sh*t or stay off the ICW. Take Five miniutes of your valuable time and email them SOBs before its too late. And Butch, Stay off shore. Sail to the horizon if you wanna, but try an NOT use the ICW, see where you end up. Sterling http://floridakeys.homestead.com/Cruisingnotes.html |
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"Gene Kearns" wrote in message ... On 22 Feb 2004 14:53:17 GMT, (JDavis1277) wrote: Good post my friend. For those of you that remember my post of watching a tug and barge go aground.. ? I missed it. Lockwood Folly. The depth at that point was a little over 4 feet... 8 feet too shallow. Damn, I thought it was me all this time. Almost every time I pass though there, my eyes almost pop out of my head when I take a gander at the humminbird. db |
ICW may be shut down. GET OFF YOUR BUTTS!
Sterling,
ICW in my area is alive and well due to the constant and plentiful COMMERCIAL traffic. Advising folks to join a group and send e-mails may be personally satisfying to you but it won't help much. As I said earlier COMMERCIAL interests are the ones that will or won't keep your portion of the ICW on the dredging schedule. When I retired from the Army I worked in the branch that dealt with any and all dredging issues in our area. Recreational interests did not enter into the argument then and surely don't now. The closest thing I know of that could be construed as a recreational boating lobby is BOAT/US. See if you can sign them up. Good luck. Butch snip And Butch, Stay off shore. Sail to the horizon if you wanna, but try an NOT use the ICW, see where you end up. |
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Florida Keyz wrote:
I can't hardly believe you guys. Your all talk and NO action. You are Turning this into a political discusioin while you may be loosing the icw! http://www.atlintracoastal.org/index.htm If you had a working brain between your ears, you would realize the future of the ICW *is* a political question, and therefore perfect game for a political discussion. |
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(Florida Keyz) wrote in message ...
I can't hardly believe you guys. Your all talk and NO action. You are Turning this into a political discusioin while you may be loosing the icw! http://www.atlintracoastal.org/index.htm Sterling http://floridakeys.homestead.com/Cruisingnotes.html Sterling- Your concern seems well-placed. While I boat on inland water at this point in my life, I dream of someday being able to do the great circle with my "retirement boat". That's a decade away. I support your cause, and have sent a few emails based on your recommendations. Good luck. You and your fellow boaters are lucky; protect what is yours! Coff Post less, contribute more. |
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On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 18:41:08 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote: the future of the ICW *is* a political question, and therefore perfect game for a political discussion. =============================== Very true unfortunately. Also unfortunate, the mission of the Corps of Engineers has been co-opted by organizations like the "Save the Manatee" club. Someone has to clean house and get priorities straightened out. |
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(Florida Keyz) wrote in message ...
I can't hardly believe you guys. Your all talk and NO action. You are Turning this into a political discusioin while you may be loosing the icw! http://www.atlintracoastal.org/index.htm Follow the link I send, contact your congress, your senators, and your government. Spend 5 friggin dollars and join the Atlantic Intracoastal orginization. SH*t or get off the pot! or better said, Sh*t or stay off the ICW. Take Five miniutes of your valuable time and email them SOBs before its too late. And Butch, Stay off shore. Sail to the horizon if you wanna, but try an NOT use the ICW, see where you end up. Sterling How do you know who has, or has not written and/or joined? |
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Did you?
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ICW may be shut down. GET OFF YOUR BUTTS!
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ICW may be shut down. GET OFF YOUR BUTTS!
asskisser
why should you answer this guy's question, when you COULDN'T answer mine. This simply confirms your ignorance. "basskisser" wrote in message om... (Florida Keyz) wrote in message ... Did you? Answer my question, I'll answer yours. |
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" Tuuk" wrote in message ...
asskisser why should you answer this guy's question, when you COULDN'T answer mine. This simply confirms your ignorance. No, it confirms YOUR ignorance. You didn't ask ME a question. You asked someone else,I made a comment, then all of a sudden you act like you specifically asked ME something. Give the ass a shake. |
ICW may be shut down. GET OFF YOUR BUTTS!
grow up you guys, stick to the issue.
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ICW may be shut down. GET OFF YOUR BUTTS!
Keep spinning there Asskisser,,,
your only embarrassing yourself,,, I can see what will happen,, sometime in the near future, asskisser will simply disappear and someone new will arrive under a different name. But even though you will return with a different name, you will be the same moron as you were when you left. You can't fool everyone. "basskisser" wrote in message om... " Tuuk" wrote in message ... asskisser why should you answer this guy's question, when you COULDN'T answer mine. This simply confirms your ignorance. No, it confirms YOUR ignorance. You didn't ask ME a question. You asked someone else,I made a comment, then all of a sudden you act like you specifically asked ME something. Give the ass a shake. |
ICW may be shut down. GET OFF YOUR BUTTS!
children , children , children.
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ICW may be shut down. GET OFF YOUR BUTTS!
Florida Keyz wrote:
children , children , children. The problems of the ICW will only be solved through political action, dipstick, and therefore you are unquallified to participate in any discussion by virtue of your disdain for politics. |
ICW may be shut down. GET OFF YOUR BUTTS!
My distain for political discusioins are about the same as my distain for
people who 1. hide behind false email names and make posts 2. Call people names because of there lack of intellegence 3.Armchair sailor know it all IF the shoe fits........... |
ICW may be shut down. GET OFF YOUR BUTTS!
Florida Keyz wrote:
My distain for political discusioins are about the same as my distain for people who 1. hide behind false email names and make posts 2. Call people names because of there lack of intellegence 3.Armchair sailor know it all IF the shoe fits........... Well, dummy, you cannot discuss ways to "save" the ICW without discussing politics, so I suppose that makes you part of the problem, and not part of the solution, eh? |
ICW may be shut down. GET OFF YOUR BUTTS!
well peedty,
your like a 3rd rate talk show host, on a cheap am show, with realy imature attempts at baiting your audience. your a child. Nice try , but no cigar. |
ICW may be shut down. GET OFF YOUR BUTTS!
Florida Keyz wrote:
well peedty, your like a 3rd rate talk show host, on a cheap am show, with realy imature attempts at baiting your audience. your a child. Nice try , but no cigar. Good grief...are you Australian? |
ICW may be shut down. GET OFF YOUR BUTTS!
I win.
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ICW may be shut down. GET OFF YOUR BUTTS!
On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 21:56:50 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote: Florida Keyz wrote: well peedty, your like a 3rd rate talk show host, on a cheap am show, with realy imature attempts at baiting your audience. your a child. Nice try , but no cigar. Good grief...are you Australian? Harry, you are not in an argument with someone who can swat a mosquito. You may win this one. John H On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay! |
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