> What were we getting for our high taxes? This is the crux of the problem and it all comes down to motivation. Politicians have exactly 2 priorities: being el

> What were we getting for our high taxes? This is the crux of the problem and it all comes down to motivation. Politicians have exactly 2 priorities: being elected and being reelected. Every other concern is a very, very distant third. In a democracy people imagine that the politicians they voted will do a good job in order for you to vote them again. But in reality politicians have always found easier, faster shortcuts for that: populism and buying the votes directly with your tax money. SF administration has immense budgets that anywhere else in the world would solve a lot of (if not all) problems. But they preferred to focus their attention on populist issues of the day, like attacking businesses and corporations (the very same ones providing jobs and building housing), and various woke causes. The results speak for themselves.