Five Million from the Federal Government

Five Million Loan for Bibb County

Five Million Loan for the City of Macon

I add all this up to a total of Fifteen Million.

Our esteemed Lawmakers on the Federal Level are sending us Money!!!!!! Just think, Five Million dollars. The money is to be used for certain purposes. The real reason for this Grant is to buy votes from the voters. Yes, Washington, D.C., thousands of Macon, Georgia residents and also thousands of Bibb County residents will appreciate this free money. Just a minute here, based on the records of the Bibb County Tax Accessors Office we know that their are some 50,000 parcels of property here in Bibb County. Now for the sake of clarification, suppose that only half of these properties have people residing in homes on them. Twenty-five thousand homes with families that annually remit their Federal Income Tax to the Federal Government at $3,000.00 for each family sums up to $75,000,000.00. Where is the rest of the money going? Before you decry my thinking, I am aware that some is expended on defense and other items mandated by our U. S. Constitution. Yet I would submit that we are being short changed. Is it possible that we could manage our money more effectively if it was retained at the local level? So Much for Free Money. I would submit that maybe we are being shortchanged. Seventy-five million leaving Bibb County for a Five Million return!!!!!!!!!!

Five Million for Macon. For three years we have borrowed money to meet payroll. No need to repeat the story here. We all know how this happened.

Five Million for Bibb County. A first, at least in recent history. Are we emulating the City of Macon, Georgia. The Tennis Center needs resurfacing. We need certain other items. As silly as this may seem, may I suggest user fees!!!! Admittedly, the License Plate Office at the Farmer's Market needs some work and we also need a Library in South Bibb, but borrowing money to be in receipt of a generous rebate sounds too silly for even this "Flower Child" to comprehend.

So the question of the day may very well be: Where did our Parents go wrong when we were growing up? How come we do not understand basic economics? I recall with fond memories how I had to share a bicycle with my five siblings when I was growing up, simply because the family did not have enough money to acquire more than one bicycle. Besides that, we all had appropriate age level chores to perform, both before and after school so that our family could prosper in a rural environment way back in the 50s. Thus it was very easy to take your turn when it was time to ride.