2026-03-15

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: george-herbert-the-temple-sacred-po--avarice-000
Source: bluesky_timeline