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But try paying for the cheaper road with the tax revenue of the 5 people helped by the broader road.
by auggierose 5y ago
But try paying for the cheaper road with the tax revenue of the 5 people helped by the broader road.
- refurb 5y agoNot much difference? Widening the SF street is running into billions.
- auggierose 5y agoWhich can be paid for on a $12.6 billion yearly budget (if it is wise to do so is another question).
- Judgmentality 5y agoWell, the budget in 2009 was $6.5 billion. It seems the taxes are growing for SF at a very high rate, and it would eventually become unsustainable. The taxes are certainly going up faster than population and inflation combined, and it sure seems like we're getting less for more money. I think the reasons are very different though. For small towns it seems to be poor planning, for larger cities it seems to be corruption.
- refurb 5y agoNot sure a $1B street update (literally 2 miles of street in a city with thousands of miles) could be regarded as "affordable" with a $12.6B city budget.