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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Really they should give it back and that's not because I wan't the money personally but $150 could mean a lot for a lot of families. My wife is a teacher and there are kids going to school at times with no lunches and not properly clothed in the winter. The federal government will end up footing the bill for the flood recovery at the end of the day so I don't feel using it towards that is fair as the city will get that money back once again.
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It's worth pointing out, once again, that the people who really need $150 would be probably getting less than that because they're less likely to own valuable property. If the city uses the $52 million to cut taxes, the greatest benefit goes to people who own expensive properties. If it uses the money to develop our transit infrastructure, then we make it easier for people to get to jobs in various areas of the city - socio-economic mobility requires physical mobility. If this is really about the kids going to school with no lunches or improper clothes, then we should put it into a school lunch or clothing program. But out of the options we have, that are municipal jurdisdiction, improving transit does more for the working poor than a tax cut.