I don't like boondoggles either. End them if you can. I figure we have bigger fish to fry and that is the dividend versus the looming broad based taxes (income, sales) which will be necessary to balance the budget. I prefer an income tax to a sales tax but neither are possible as long as we pay out cash dividends. The dividend was created the day they abolished the State income tax. Now the reverse will have to happen.

We may find in the future we can afford "dividends" again or possibly the dividend program can be reformed - which I have been suggesting.