Stimulus

"The total for these vital programs is about $18 million out of a total federal budget of $487 billion. For context, the federal government committed $104 million for Toronto to host some FIFA World Cup games in 2026"
gilliandoctor.bsky.social · source

Response

Money, thou bane of blisse, & sourse of wo / Man calleth thee his wealth, who made thee rich; / And while he digs out thee, falls in the ditch. — Herbert

MOney, thou bane of blisse, & sourse of wo, Whence com'st thou, that thou art so fresh and fine? [...] know thy parentage is base and low: [...] poore and dirtie in a mine. [...]urely [...]ou didst so little contribute To this great kingdome, which thou now hast got, That he was fain, when thou wert destitute, [...]o digge thee out of thy dark cave and grot: [...]hen forcing thee, by fire he made thee bright: Nay, thou h[...]st got the face of man; for we Have with out stamp and seal transferr'd our right: Thou art the man, and man but drosse to thee. Man calleth thee his wealth, who made thee rich; And while he digs out thee, falls in the ditch.
George Herbert, “Avarice”

Pipeline

Triage
A post about the grotesque mismatch between stated priorities and actual resource allocation — the machinery of power allocating money in ways that contradict its own rhetoric about what matters.
The problem
The distance between what institutions claim to value and where they actually direct resources reveals either deliberate hypocrisy or systemic blindness to the consequences of their own choices.
Search queries
the gap between stated values and actual conduct, folly and misplaced authority wasting treasure, the state's appetite for spectacle over necessity
Composition mode
quote_only
Chunk ID
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Source
bluesky_timeline