Downplaying the motivating force of economic incentives is ridiculous.

Better semantics?

LOL. Las Vegas was already inhabited long before the Hoover Dam.

But yes...Lake Meade is the only way it could have a couple of million people living out here now. But Las Vegas is the site of underground springs (which come to the surface here) and was an oasis long before it was a city.

And as I already pointed out...it was The Great Depression. Pres. Coolidge needed to get people back to work. So, they paid a private company to build the Hoover dam. That private company hired the thousands of people and did the work. Not the govt. But yes, the govt. funded it.

AND...as I pointed out already...that was back in the early 1900's. Fast forward to 2012...and our bullshit govt. CAN'T do anything like the Hoover Dam today. Matter of fact, IF they tried to build the Hoover Dam today: It would be voted down by Congress and banned by the E.P.A. (environmental protection agency).

That's what happened to the Keystone Pipeline. Thousands of jobs and billions of dollars into the economy lost because the Federal govt. has regulated everything to the point that nothing can be done.

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There you go. Without the Government industry would turn all the beauty spots into malls. Because malls make more money. :1orglaugh

Wasn't it the local Government who issued the Gaming Licenses for Vegas?

Without these controls elsewhere, no one would go to Vegas to gamble and it would turn back to the place it was before gambling.

List some of the major things the Government does and then tell us where and how you would cut them. Incidently a lot of Overseas Aid goes to despots around the world who bank it in US banks. And keep the country pro Western.

First thing is to make it smaller. Govt. employs so many people and there are tons of them who are bureaucrats who can not be fired and have high salaries and health and benefit packages that are through the roof.
That should NEVER be the way it is with taxpayer money.

Second...cut our military to the bone. We don't NEED to occupy Germany and Japan almost 70 years after WWII. And we don't need to occupy almost 200 other countries either.
The whole military complex is a gigantic money machine.

Third. Push the retirement age back. Everyone screamed bloody murder when it was suggested to move it to 68 before you collect Social Security. I think it should move back to 72 years old. When Social Security started people didn't live very long and 65 was reasonable. These days...Mick Jagger is 69 years old. People live longer and stay healthier and are able to work.

Fourth...get the govt. out of people's lives. We spend billions of dollars every year putting people in jail for...getting high. Or going after athletes for using steroids. And a bunch of other stupid things that the govt. shouldn't be involved in.

And then set a one term only term limit for all political offices. Get rid of these career politicians who don't even have a real job and are only in office to steal taxpayer money.

P.S.: Your knowledge of Las Vegas is way off by the way. The history of Nevada is far more interesting than you know and was based on individual freedom. When the government figured out how much money was being made here by the mob...that's when they moved in and took the whole thing over. Ask any resident of Las Vegas and they will all tell you that the govt. is far worse than the mafia ever was and steals us all blind here with licensing fees, fines, and regulations.

That sucks a bit..

That is because it doesn't work... Ever heard of Standard Oil?

Wow, just wow

America Fuck Yeah.

Hey Chef, you didnt make this delicious steak in your restaurant!!

Somewhere along the line someone else showed you how to do it, now I need to tax the shit out of your ass, period.