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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on Feb 6, 2016 7:37:30 GMT -8
What ever happened to reason and common sense? Unfortunately it does not seem to be being taught anymore. Certainly not practiced. |
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Post by Great-Northern-Willmar Div on Feb 6, 2016 8:30:18 GMT -8
Anyway, I've got another question on paint booths..... It's been mentioned about using filters on a spray booth. Why does the exhausted air need to be filtered? To keep spray from getting on the outside of your house? The filter catches the particulates of the paint, or at least most of the particles. If you were not to filter the spray, it would coat the inside of the blower like cement and eventually cause it to seize from the gunk and weight. Also, just like scrubbers on smoke stacks at generating stations and factories, you don't want the particulates of the paint getting into the outside air. |
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Post by atsfan on Feb 6, 2016 13:16:25 GMT -8
GaryP, I can think of at least one government program that was created to fix a problem, did so, and then went away. Not only that, the US Gov't actually made money on the deal. Wanna know what that we know it as? We call it "Conrail". And for the record, government programs are created to solve a problem, but then these programs need to be maintained or the problem quickly reappears. For example, take the National Park Service. It was created to preserve historic places (like Minuteman Park in Lexington, MA) or natural wonders (like Yellowstone). The US Gov't spent a bunch of money buying land, setting these places up (visitor centers, etc.) and so on. Now, you just can't stop there. You have to continue to fund them or these areas fall into disrepair, or will get developed, etc. Take the US Postal Service. It was created in response to a wildcat strike because workers only got a raise when US Congress wanted them to (IOW, never), and the management ranks were full of political appointees (who had no idea what they were doing). By making it a Gov't Owned Corporation, the USPS has been able to both pay their union workers a decent wage, but also make money at the same time. In fact, the USPS hasn't received a dime of Gov't money in well over 30 years, and all we have to show for it is the finest and least expensive postal service in the world. Unfortunately, US Congress got involved again, and forced them to forward fund their retirement benefits for the next 75 years in just 15 years. The amount? $500m. How much does the USPS lose every year? $500m. Coincidence? The government CREATED the need for Conrail with crazy regulations, taxes, highways, you name it. It didn't solve any problem. A bad example anyway since the pont is government employees not something money was thrown at. Airlines got money too. Are they a government program? |
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