For example, if we have a Truck Company that needs training on how to drive trucks, it is it makes more sense if theyre driving trucks that they can also, for example, haul goods and water or whatever to benefit perhaps a relief effort than to just take their empty trucks and drive around in circles on a military base and benefit nobody but themselves, so, a lot of assistance is provided as an incident to training or operations. And the distinction there is that it has to be a training operation. The primary purpose is training and the incidental purpose is the assistance. Even though to the recipients of that assistance that may be everything in the world to them. But, again, for lawyers, you know, you have to carefully make sure that its captioned in the right terms because otherwise you run into fiscal issues when youre using training money for nontraining purposes and finally have state active duty. And thats per state law. And state law is a little different. Normally speaking the
Go for productive uses, is seen as a tax increase and, therefore, hard to get support for. It also creates disaffection such as people believing the program is all about bridges to nowhere in alaska. Congress has created many Unfunded Mandates meaning it increases the costs states have to bear, and the model encourages states to Fund Projects out of annual revenues rather than financing them over the long term as all investorowned infrastructure does, electric utilities, railroads, toll roads and so forth. The thrust of my written testimony is it really is time to rethink the federal governments policy. I think there are three key points for doing so. Sort out which functions are truly federal, refocus the federal government on that and delegate the rest to state and local governments where the need really is. Second, shift from funding to financing which means federal policy needs to begin shifting much more from grants to loans on a basis, preferably, that does not put federal taxpay
Saturday's gathering at Cape Elizabeth High School, presented by the Chinese and American Friendship Association of Maine, included food, dancing, arts and crafts, and a look at China's history and culture.
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