Shutting out the productive people
Showing people just who government is here to help.
For many years, before the pandemic and before I moved out of the district, I was represented by a Congressman who made an effort to have regular evening townhall meetings throughout his district, which spread across the Eastern Shore and beyond.
Unfortunately, now I am represented by a woman whose sole claim to the position she has seems to be based on the fact the state of Delaware had never sent someone of her gender and race to represent the state in Washington. Now she believes she’s entitled to a longer-term position for the same reason, with her job potentially going to another “first” as in the first sufferer of gender dysphoria to get the position.
Regardless, the reason I’ve timed this as I did was an e-mail I received Monday:
As a member of Representative Steny Hoyer ‘s (D-Md.) Regional Leadership Council, I am helping lead the implementation and communication of the historic pieces of legislation passed last Congress, including the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act. That’s why my office will be hosting a webinar this Wednesday, February 7, 2024, at 10:00 am with special guest BlueGreen Alliance to share valuable resources from these laws that are available to Delaware businesses, schools, non-profits, and unions.
The webinar will discuss how these important groups can benefit from tax credits and incentives included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act, such as EV tax credits for businesses and reimbursements for clean energy projects.
If you work for a Delaware business, you are hopefully doing more productive tasks than trying to cadge a government check. That’s probably true of a small, locally-owned business, but once a business gets to a certain size it can probably spare a few bodies to find out how to get in on the gravy train.
It goes without saying that schools are so bloated personnel-wise that they can pay rapt attention to this as well. Well, I should say public schools - I’m sure private schools need not apply. Non-profits and unions are in that same category as schools since they either, in the case of non-profits, depend on the generosity of others, or, as unions do, extort dues from their workers.
The point is that, while she’s not trying to buy votes, my representative (that I’ve never voted for) isn’t working in the interest of most of her constituents. Government has specific functions it’s supposed to do, but I suspect that the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and (laughingly misnamed) Inflation Reduction Act do a lot of things that the private sector could do if they didn’t have the government blocking their way. And then there’s the idea that we wouldn’t have certain types of markets (like offshore wind) if the government wasn’t putting its thumb on the scale.
So if you’re a Delaware resident right now you could be doing one of two things: being productive and creating value, or figuring out better ways to push paper by listening to my “representative.” Can you guess which one I’d like you to be doing?
Until next time, remember you can Buy Me a Coffee since I have a page there.