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Originally Posted by epitome
Everybody needs them raised. Spending needs to be cut, too. It sucks, but it what needs to be done. It's useless though if they don't cut spending as well.
What will probably end up happening is taxes will be raised and spending will, too.
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My concern is they waste so much already, why should I be giving them more money to waste?
Once Pandora is out-of-the-box, you cannot put it back. Taxes can go up and down, but spending very very rarely goes down. Organizations, groups, cities start getting money from tax increases and they never want to let that money go. Not only do they not want to let that money go, but it becomes a political nightmare because as mentioned above, Pandora is out-of-the-box.
What's this? We have 5 million extra dollars to create a medical center. Great!
Five years later, that money needs to be taken away.
The travesty! They are taking away our medical center! Write your politician! (Forgetting that the medical center was a one-time bonus from the get go.)
The recent healthcare bill debacle with doctors and Medicaid/Medicare was a good example of how this happens. Rates are supposed to go down but they never do because it becomes a political nightmare.
I agree that you can't pay debts without money. More money needs to come from somewhere. But until the spending and wasting is fully addressed, I don't want to give away any more money for them to waste. I have my own problems to deal with.
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