Somebody must pay for all those grants
In reference to your Dec. 15 editorial “Capitalizing on grants saves taxpayer dollars,” yours is a very near-sighted position. Remember, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.”
Grant money comes from somewhere. It doesn’t fall from heaven or grow on trees. There is certainly some private grant money to be had, but the vast majority of grants are bestowed by the federal government, and we all know where the government gets its money.
To suggest these grants are saving local taxpayers money fails to take into account the source of all government money – you and me, the taxpayers.
If you would take a step back and stop whooping it up, you would know that for every grant dollar Warren County receives, some other municipality is receiving a grant that is ultimately paid for by Warren County taxpayers.
I’m not against taxes. I know they are necessary to pay for government services. But if I had a choice, I would prefer that my tax dollars be kept close to home and not used to buy police officers, tanks and stun guns for other communities. Just because we were on the receiving end of this one does not mean our tax dollars won’t be on the giving end of the next one.
Bill Williams
664 Lakeland Drive
McMinnville