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Originally Posted by Zee
In true fiscal conservatism, the business should pay the true cost and factor it into price. What's been happening is that houses built on the outskirts are getting their water/sewer etc paid by the city, that's my taxes, your taxes, and business taxes going to what should essentially be paid by the people buying the new homes. That's not capitalism, that's crony capitalism and It has to stop. If I buy a big house in the suburbs, I should pay the $10K for the water/sewer. Why should Calgary taxpayers pay for it? What if the developer paid for water/sewer but the city paid for granite counters or hardwood floors on the outskirts? It would be the same thing, but THAT would be an outrage? It's BS!
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Ok, but then because I live in the burbs, I don't feel I should be paying for LRT expansion or any improvements to bike paths and foot bridges downtown since I don't use any of these services. Why should my tax dollars go to something I don't use?