I think was mentioned on this forum but here is the article!
Recreational Fishing Alliance
“America’s Right to Fish Is Under Attack in DC” SPECIAL NEWS BULLETIN
March 13, 2012
OBAMA’S ‘ANTI-STIMULUS’ PACKAGE HITS MASS COAST
Behavior Modification Study Aimed At Reducing Angler Participation
What would you be willing to give up in exchange for $500?
If the U.S. Department of Education offered you $500 to keep your kid out of school for a few weeks, would you take it? What if the government explained that this was simply a study designed to determine exactly how much you felt your child’s education was worth? Would the results of such a study encourage your support for such behavior modification analysis?
How about if the Department of Health offered you $500 to give up coffee with sugar for one month? Or, what about a government-funded study where random voters are given the option of accepting $500 in exchange for their right to vote in November? Would you accept a $500 check to read only certain types of books or download specific kinds of songs?
If you think about it, such ‘willingness-to-pay’ research could prove invaluable in providing our state and federal government agencies with important data about the financial line which Americans are willing to cross in exchange for valuable goods, services, rights & privileges. Sociologists love this type of data, and it’s arguably an excellent way to determine a financial threshold for changing behavioral habits of American citizens.
The problem that most Americans have with studies like these is that it’s social engineering at U.S. taxpayer expense. This type of behavior modification might be fine for a grad student working on some Ivy League college campus, but the thought that our own government would freely support such ‘willingness to pay’ studies through taxpayer funds is one that liberals and conservatives alike should each find quite troubling.
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