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You would think that there would be something more useful to do with the money, like fixing the infrastructure.

pkaye 4y ago
Any excess taxes above some budget threshold has to be refunded to the public due to some proposition.
abstrctComp 4y ago
Why is stabilizing human beings economic anxiety not useful? What theory of science dictates infrastructure is the best place to spend it? If the answer is none, it’s a purely social policy and you’re spewing politically correct memory. That infra spend is not an immutable law of reality means there are options other than “poison the sky with expansive vanity projects.” Even then, there’s plenty of money for both, and human agency available for both. We can stop pretending money is what drives human invention and discovery. It’s politically correct spoken tradition since it’s not an immutable law; how we feel about other economic choices is a range of possibilities, not just the ones we have been raised to speak of
xorfish 4y ago
Fixing infrastructure is not always useful. Infrastructure for low density suburbs is a money pit that bankrupts cities. Here is a good playlist that explains why this is the case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_SXXTBypIg&list=PLJp5q-R0lZ0_FCUbeVWK6OGLN69ehUTVa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_SXXTBypIg&list=PLJp5q-R0lZ...
- californical 4y ago
  Thank you for posting this! Suburban infrastructure essentially steals from the economically productive areas and gives to the wealthy and unproductive regions
0xy 4y ago
California's high-speed rail money pit hasn't had enough cash thrown in? The state is incapable of building nearly anything.
- m0llusk 4y ago
  CA HSR is moving ahead. Major infrastructure projects are more difficult and expensive in the US because we have far stronger property rights than China or European nations.
  - rsync 4y ago
    "CA HSR is moving ahead ..." ... minus the "HS" part. Last I checked it was on the politically brokered "non-I-5" corridor (a silly, absurd route) and had a proposed SF->LA trip time of over 2.5 hours. This is a "high speed" train, circa 1975. Current technology, as demonstrated by running trains elsewhere in the world, would make that route in under 2 hours.

Any excess taxes above some budget threshold has to be refunded to the public due to some proposition.

Why is stabilizing human beings economic anxiety not useful? What theory of science dictates infrastructure is the best place to spend it? If the answer is none, it’s a purely social policy and you’re spewing politically correct memory. That infra spend is not an immutable law of reality means there are options other than “poison the sky with expansive vanity projects.” Even then, there’s plenty of money for both, and human agency available for both. We can stop pretending money is what drives human invention and discovery. It’s politically correct spoken tradition since it’s not an immutable law; how we feel about other economic choices is a range of possibilities, not just the ones we have been raised to speak of

xorfish 4y ago

Fixing infrastructure is not always useful. Infrastructure for low density suburbs is a money pit that bankrupts cities. Here is a good playlist that explains why this is the case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_SXXTBypIg&list=PLJp5q-R0lZ0_FCUbeVWK6OGLN69ehUTVa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_SXXTBypIg&list=PLJp5q-R0lZ...

californical 4y ago
Thank you for posting this! Suburban infrastructure essentially steals from the economically productive areas and gives to the wealthy and unproductive regions

0xy 4y ago

California's high-speed rail money pit hasn't had enough cash thrown in? The state is incapable of building nearly anything.

m0llusk 4y ago
CA HSR is moving ahead. Major infrastructure projects are more difficult and expensive in the US because we have far stronger property rights than China or European nations.
- rsync 4y ago
  "CA HSR is moving ahead ..." ... minus the "HS" part. Last I checked it was on the politically brokered "non-I-5" corridor (a silly, absurd route) and had a proposed SF->LA trip time of over 2.5 hours. This is a "high speed" train, circa 1975. Current technology, as demonstrated by running trains elsewhere in the world, would make that route in under 2 hours.