Hatchery closing political discussion

[etcfishin]

I will follow the rules of this board, but I will say that allowing the rest of the post to remain in the fishing discussion is a double standard. The post has nothing to do with a lure, reel, where the fish are, or how many were caught. It is about federal funding. I recognize the moderators have the right to do whatever they want.

Everyone that signed the petition voted for continuing our national debt. We'll see what happens in a few years when our debt affects our ability to maintain our reservoirs and native species. I'm sure 98 percent of the bass fisherman on this site will love that.

[Tim_T]

I will follow the rules of this board, but I will say that allowing the rest of the post to remain in the fishing discussion is a double standard. The post has nothing to do with a lure, reel, where the fish are, or how many were caught. It is about federal funding. I recognize the moderators have the right to do whatever they want.

Everyone that signed the petition voted for continuing our national debt. We'll see what happens in a few years when our debt affects our ability to maintain our reservoirs and native species. I'm sure 98 percent of the bass fisherman on this site will love that.

Why don't you read the bill and educate yourself. They are not cutting the spending, they are taking the hatchery money and spending it on something that has zero economic impact. This is not abou spending cuts. What will they do with the money from the Excise tax that is appropriated through Pittman-Robertson and Wallop-Breaux?

Nobody that signed this is for continuing national debt and for you to think so is beyond ridiculous. It is a vote to keep things that are econimcally feasible and cutting other areas, where it is less econimc impact. We like to call it the common sense approach.

[etcfishin]

Why don't you read the bill and educate yourself. They are not cutting the spending, they are taking the hatchery money and spending it on something that has zero economic impact. This is not abou spending cuts. What will they do with the money from the Excise tax that is appropriated through Pittman-Robertson and Wallop-Breaux?

Nobody that signed this is for continuing national debt and for you to think so is beyond ridiculous. It is a vote to keep things that are econimcally feasible and cutting other areas, where it is less econimc impact. We like to call it the common sense approach.

Tim, i respect your comments and enjoy your post, but I'm just trying to get people to start thinking about a world where there is no money for any programs. We're in such bad shape that it's coming to that. The days of common sense approach are over and it's just going to get worse. If I had a choice to continue my favorite hobby or prevent the economic collapse of this country for my sons sake, I'll take the latter any day.

I understand there's economic benefit to a lot of these programs, but it's money changing hands. It's moving from my tax dollars to benefit someone else. Sometimes that someone else is the minority. We used this "common sense approach" for too many years and now it's caught up with us. We will have to make painful and drastic cuts across the board to prevent the next depression.

I actually don't want any spending moved from hatcheries programs and conservation projects. I commented on this post to maybe make a couple people start to think about the future of our hobby and how its affected by the economy. It's an interesting debate. This will be my last post on the topic. I've enjoyed everyones take on the subject.

[Tim_T]

etc. I agree with much of what you say, but the USFWS is pretty self suffecient, so the only way to cut spending is to completely do away with it. There are hundreds of places to cut spending that will actually save money, but this doesn't appear to be one of those.

[apb]

I will follow the rules of this board, but I will say that allowing the rest of the post to remain in the fishing discussion is a double standard. The post has nothing to do with a lure, reel, where the fish are, or how many were caught. It is about federal funding. I recognize the moderators have the right to do whatever they want...

I certainly agree that the original post had political over tones. However, closing hatcheries certainly does have a lot to do with fishing. Leaving the original post on the KY forum, and moving the political discussion here allow both to take place. That was my reasoning.

Andrew