Republican state senator set up a GoFundMe account to solve Alabama's budget issues

[arcane1]

Alabama state Senator Paul Sanford just made a name for himself. That name is Super Awesome At Economics Guy. Yes, that name is too long. Yes, it doesn't exactly roll off of the tongue. Yes, it seems like I could have put a little more thought into it. Unfortunately, state Sen. Sanford seems to have put in less time trying to figure out how to solve Alabama's financial shortfalls. Here's his GoFundMe page.

The State of Alabama is experiencing tight financial times and needs your help. Legislators are debating possible financial solutions but are finding that Raising Taxes are not wanted by the citizens of Alabama. Rather than have the Government come after your hard earned money you can now send an amount that fits your budget, even request where your money be used.

You can determine what functions of Government are a priority to you.

That's the mall government, bootstraps all over the place, kind of gumption and shit-kicking we all have come to expect from the previously unknown Sanford. So far, the big donors have asked for their money to go to the Education Trust Fund. Some choice comments:

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/10/1410737/-Republican-state-senator-set-up-a-GoFundMe-account-to-solve-Alabama-s-budget-issues


Some of the comments are classic

[valerief]

1. Holy shit! Are they that afraid to tax the rich??? You can't make this shit up, folks.

This comment is spot-on.

I see a lot of GoFundMe and other crowdsourcing requests. They are usually for disabled children or adults to cover moving, transportation or medical expenses. Sometimes people will be asking for help with a funeral, a new invention, or a short film. The state of Alabama has already taken 30 years of taxes from my paychecks, including 10 years of an unconstitutional "occupational tax" ... therefore I will not be donating to them... after all, I will still probably be denied access to healthcare or Planned Parenthood as a low-income woman. Since the Legislature doesn't want to do their jobs, legalize cannabis and/or gambling, or find ANY other answer, they should design a logo that say "MY STATE IS BACKWARD" for a T-Spring campaign. That way the donors could at least say they got a lousy T-shirt.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

2. Funny contributers comments....

$5
Farzad Dehmamy
3 hours ago
Regards from Iran.

$25
Breanna Van Engelen
15 hours ago
Please use this money to teach your public high school students how to safely wear and operate condoms.


10
Daniel Crawford
22 hours ago
Here is 10 bucks. If there was a lottery in this state that's how much I would have spent today. Oh wait!! There is no lottery. Maybe instead of doing this, I should just mail to Tennessee!


$5
Amanda Hugginkiss
12 hours ago
From the Gay Confederate Flag Burning Society of Alabama! Please earmark for rainbow flags atop all government buildings.

$5
Gabe Newell
14 hours ago
I wanted to extend my greatest wishes that this experiment succeeds, and if it does, I will release Half-Life 3!

$5
Jay Randall
16 hours ago
Read the UAB School of Public Health Study on the financial benefits of Medicaid Expansion for rural Healthcare Providers. I'll just wait here.

$5
Rusty Shackleford
12 hours ago
Please use this money for cab fare to your local library and check out any economics text book by Friedrich Hayek

$5
Duncan Trussell
16 hours ago
My wonderful father lives in Alabama and I'm donating because I think it will bother him that I mentioned him in this comment.

$10
Jordan Lipman
13 hours ago
Please earmark this donation to be used for evil and nefarious deeds.

$5
Duncan Trussell's Dad
16 hours ago
You don't know me at all, son.

$8
Erin Byers
13 hours ago
Earmark this for a state official to take Budgeting 101.

[irisblue]

3. $598 as of 1pm today/38 donors so far

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[TheFarseer]

4. I always wondered if it would work

To get some money together through donations for the state of Nebraska and invest it in the stock market in Nebraska businesses and put the dividends towards the budget. Obviously it would take slot of cash but it's the only way to get rid of state income tax and make these knuckleheads happy. If I ever ran for governor this is what I would campaign on.