The Washington Post has a front page story about a Congressman from North Carolina holding up the $10M-$60M in federal money to go to a memorial for Flight 93, the plane who's passengers had the balls to stand up to Al-Qaeda and force the plane down (though some conspiracy theorists think it was shot down).
I support the Congressman Taylor. I do not think the federal government should be wasting tax money erecting memorials for every event that has changed this country.
After 9/11, people all around the country started waving around dinky little flags and putting stickers of these flags on their car, where they would catch the mud and shit of the road. Instead of a gesture such as that, maybe Americans should do what I did: donate $25 to the memorial fund. I challenge anyone reading this blog to do just that. If only 1% of Americans donated that much, we'd have more than what would be required for funding.
3 comments:
I agree. People should donate, it shouldn't come out of our taxes.
OMG, you finally updated. Where have you been? Everything ok?
People should donate. The events of Sept 11 were devasting and there should be a memorial. Any time any event occurs where there is a large loss of life, there should be some type of memorial. It does not have to be a 60 million dollar one. I agree with the donation idea. It does not have to even be something that involves money. It is just important that people dont forget what happens and to see, that in one instant, life can be gone.
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