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Originally Posted by fotze
I am actually for these bridges but absolutely HATE HATE HATE these arguments. I worked for the government for 8 years and this attitude just sickened me, if anyone believes people who work for the government make budgets without their personal salary or bonus increases in mind, or growing their empire of employees (fte's) is mistaken. It is a non-forgiveable offense to actually cut your own budget. The dividing of a large sum by a coffee is incredibly offensive and shortsighted.
I think these bridges do have an actual positive NPV although it would be difficult to predict right now, but thetax increase argument of the condescending starbucks per day actually negatively increases the chances of them being cancelled. Hopefully no alderman pulls that one out.
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Right on. I'm not opposed to the amount of increase itself as I am to the fact government departments budget to spend to the max every year. They have th money, but they just allocate it ineffiecently, spending money on needless stuff. Then they run into a deficit, and to solve that, they just increase taxes. And then they'll use that "cup of coffee" crap to make it sound not so bad. Well, I'd rather spend it on the cup of coffee, thank you very much.