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Don't know why you're getting downvoted for this and it's absolutely true. Cue the pedants nitpicking every word of the story below. We could do so much better
by varelse 5y ago
Don't know why you're getting downvoted for this and it's absolutely true. Cue the pedants nitpicking every word of the story below. We could do so much better here but we choose otherwise despite the highest state income taxes in the country.
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-rainwater-lost-wet-winter-california-20190220-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-rainwater-lost-wet...
- throwawaysea 5y agoThat really baffles me about CA. The quality of services and amenities doesn’t seem any higher there - in fact in many cases it seems lower than low tax burden states. Where does it all go? Is it too simplistic to say the government is mismanaged and has unqualified workers spending massive budgets? Or is it that public workers are lazy/coasting? Something else?
- throwaway6734 5y agoOne possible cause is that municipal workers (cops, teachers, firefighters) require much higher salaries due to the higher CoL
- varelse 5y agoIf it's to be believed, 40% of our budget is spent on education, 25% on health and human services, and 7% on prisons... https://www.ebudget.ca.gov/2008-09-EN/BudgetSummary/SUM/1249561.html https://www.ebudget.ca.gov/2008-09-EN/BudgetSummary/SUM/1249... But also, people are really triggered by rain reclamation for some reason. They're not saying why though which is weird.