tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post4700729892852349441..comments2023-10-21T03:07:18.017-05:00Comments on Enclave: Candidates have a habit of considering the value of privatization without counting the costsS-townMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05948307051485318061noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-58315514660476711972011-06-29T11:46:03.428-05:002011-06-29T11:46:03.428-05:00I think Byrd would agree with you.
However, I thi...I think Byrd would agree with you.<br /><br />However, I think the point of his post is that in Nashville, there is a systemic and incestuous relationship among the larger and more well-known non-profits and their board-members, "elite" volunteers and involved business entities. <br /><br />You could say these folks get most of the cream (When the wealthy ask the wealthy for money, they have more success than a non-profit run by someone of less means).<br /><br />These "well-to-do" non-profits tend to be better represented politically through-out our city.<br /><br />So, it all tends to stack up in "favor" of a few non-profits. <br /><br />And from this web, politics and power is spun.<br /><br />Dean will shamelessly court any of these folks if he thinks it will solidify his "base" or garner him more strength.<br /><br />In the long-term, our non-profit system suffers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-754906369714415782011-06-29T09:28:51.262-05:002011-06-29T09:28:51.262-05:00A couple comments:
- Spreading tax money out to n...A couple comments:<br /><br />- Spreading tax money out to non-profits has the benefit of diversifying its use among different groups and allowing one to target its use to groups that specialize in certain activities. Frankly, I don't believe the government can do as effective a job as certain private entities. Sending some money to outside organizations that have proven themselves good at what they do gives me some hope that the money will be better spent than if left to a goverment bureaucrat's discretion. <br /><br />- That said, many of these programs should be killed and taxes reduced. I am confident that the non-profits would adapt either their scopes or their marketing, and that individual tax-payers would vote with their wallets as to which non-profit projects should go on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-10869470806666159342011-06-28T23:05:11.707-05:002011-06-28T23:05:11.707-05:00You forgot to mention all the fundraisers for thes...You forgot to mention all the fundraisers for these events where "elite" council-members, various board-members, Karl Dean, social rounders and those looking up the ladder go to stuff their faces with food, get drunk, hob-knob and dance like white people to a live band.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com