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> try telling that to a person in the middle of the state, who has never been to Madison, has never had a kid go to Madison, and who has to pay their tax dollar
by kevindong 6y ago
> try telling that to a person in the middle of the state, who has never been to Madison, has never had a kid go to Madison, and who has to pay their tax dollars to support the University. It is a hard sell.
Everyone wins some and loses some with government spending. But overall as a collective group, the idea is that the group is better off (e.g. a more educated population produces greater amounts of valuable work which raises the standard of living for everyone, etc.).
- throwawayjava 6y agoRural regions get their fair share of wins. E.g., the massive amount of money that is redirected from productive cities into relatively unproductive rural counties, many of which subsist on jobs that would not exist without superfluous military bases, over-incarceration, massive farm subsidies, or, yes, branch campuses of state university systems. This happens at the state level too. Many of our state’s rural school districts are almost entirely funded by redistributed taxes. Because their local populations won’t even pass no-tax-increase no-debt-load-increase bond issues to fix roofs. Hopefully work from home will take off and rural communities/states will find a way to become more productive.
- arkis22 6y agoA fair share of wins seems to describe the elite coastal cities as well. Essential workers are not the people running Facebook to sell likes, it's the people picking and moving food to you. Up to you if you'd like to consider that food a win for them and not you.