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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (44841)	8/30/2010 11:26:51 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 71588

They'll threaten school closures, prison releases and all manner of mayhem if their subsidies aren't renewed. Budget Choices Posted by David Boaz A front-page New York Times headline reads: Struggling Cities Shut Firehouses in Budget Crisis Because certainly American cities spend their money on nothing that is less important than fire protection. More on the Washington Monument Syndrome here. cato-at-liberty.org Washington Monument Syndrome From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Washington Monument Syndrome, also called the "Mount Rushmore Syndrome",[1] is the name of a political tactic used by bureaucrats when faced with reductions in the rate of projected increases in budget or actual budget cuts. The most visible and most appreciated service that is provided by that entity is the first to be put on the chopping block.[1] The name derives from the National Park Service's habit of saying that any cuts to its projected increases would lead to an immediate closure of the wildly popular (and not very expensive to maintain) Washington Monument.[2][3] A recent example is the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority's act of turning off the lights on the Zakim Bridge in Boston[4]. en.wikipedia.org

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