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NO ID Episode 44 - Full Part-Time Job
Government is always announcing that this tax, that levy, or the other spending program is temporary...yet somehow the money never stops flowing. This week we dig into the Northern Lakes Fire District's proposed $4.5 million "temporary" levy, Idaho's "outdated" public-school funding formula, millions in federal wildfire relief sitting in bureaucratic pipelines, and nearly $1 billion in new federal funding for rural healthcare. We also examine the controversy surrounding the Old State Saloon in Eagle, Mark Fitzpatrick's decision to sell it, and the political risks that come with politicizing an owner-operated establishment.
Timestamps
(00:00) KTVB, tick bites, and the latest "health" scare
(06:30) Northern Lakes Fire District's $4.5 million levy
(19:00) What "temporary" property-tax levies really mean
(27:30) Idaho's public-school funding formula
(39:00) Charter schools, homeschooling, and school choice
(47:00) Millions in wildfire disaster relief stuck in bureaucracy
(57:00) The Old State Saloon controversy
(01:09:00) Mark Fitzpatrick sells his business
(01:19:00) Political retaliation and the risks of owning a business
(01:27:00) Idaho's nearly $1 billion rural healthcare funding package
(01:39:00) When federal money becomes the solution to everything
(01:47:00) Money, taxes, and the Value-4-Value model
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