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Newsom was touting the other day that the state is dedicating another $2B (not sure if incremental or what) towards fighting wildfires. The problem is, the mor
by supernova87a 6y ago
Newsom was touting the other day that the state is dedicating another $2B (not sure if incremental or what) towards fighting wildfires.
The problem is, the more money you make available, the more that the agencies will find to justify that it needs to be spent. How? Well, we'll figure that out later. Probably something having to do with more planes, technology, contractors, etc. I.e. bandaids.
Seems similar to healthcare -- you pay for treatments, and that's what you're gonna incentivize. As many treatments as doctors can justify, with outcome or root cause only as an afterthought.
- dannykwells 6y agoHealthcare worker here. Love this comment, spot on. Newsom should allocate 2B, or 20B, and create a metric of fire prevention relative to fire risk, and then reward communities with a higher value (i.e., fewer fires per unit of fire risk means more dough). That would align incentives and fix the problem (or at least, not make it worse).