tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post3868619990370024064..comments2024-03-22T13:06:27.366-05:00Comments on WataugaWatch: Death of a SalesmanJ.W. Williamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694324792688711136noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-11972717591894108812017-03-18T18:13:36.973-05:002017-03-18T18:13:36.973-05:00Mulvaney’s an educated guy from our neck of the wo...Mulvaney’s an educated guy from our neck of the woods, which makes this all the more disappointing. A warning for all: do not make the mistake of trusting Mulvaney to care about regular people. <br /><br />Although he looks the part of public servant, he has never outgrown his early bad habits that reared their head more prominently back in his real estate and lawyering days. His behavior in Lancaster County with repeated failed subdevelopments is mostly a tale of pocketing money regardless of ethics... “business is business.” He wasn’t just misleading the local county government though...regular people were left facing real problems long after Mulvaney made his money and bolted. When he was in Charlotte, instead of misleading a county, he was getting regular people to trust him and then taking advantage of them. (I had some fairly direct knowledge of several situations.) It was especially egregious because Mulvaney was already wealthy and advantaged (and had come from a wealthy family), and some of the people he misled were lower-middle class, young, or with young children. Not that a local county government is really “faceless” but there’s no denying that the Charlotte situations were on a personal level.<br /><br />These people were easier to cheat (and it was misleading and breaking promises, not just squeezing) because they were naive and/or lacked means. Sure, Mulvaney was entitled to make money. His decisions were financially sound for himself, but ethically dubious. The vast majority of us learned not to take advantage of the less fortunate and the vulnerable. For example, sure it might be easier to talk that elderly lady into spending more than she needs on house repairs, but the vast majority of us wouldn’t do that. In Mulvaney's case, I suspect an innate moral impoverishment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-36545877989226728462017-03-18T15:28:22.338-05:002017-03-18T15:28:22.338-05:00Increased spending does not mean increased securit...Increased spending does not mean increased security.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-42752370122865063262017-03-18T09:22:33.131-05:002017-03-18T09:22:33.131-05:00Trumps budget proposes increases in veteran's ...Trumps budget proposes increases in veteran's health care, increased defense spending and increased border security. These are things that are "against everything (you) fought for?"<br /><br />Apparently you didn't fight on our side.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-20318438010790955742017-03-18T08:35:03.568-05:002017-03-18T08:35:03.568-05:00I am a Vietnam vet. I oppose President Trump's...I am a Vietnam vet. I oppose President Trump's budget because it stands against everything I fought for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-18403575841640676462017-03-17T15:34:00.678-05:002017-03-17T15:34:00.678-05:00JW, am I correct in assuming that you were never i...JW, am I correct in assuming that you were never in the military?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com