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Originally Posted by ken0042
I pay my property taxes directly, and I would rather see that increase if it means more money going towards thing we need. Various projects that should be started as soon as possible remain un-funded.
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This "we need" thing. Who is "we" and how do "we" decide what's best for us is the biggest challenge that democratic societies face, because there is no comprehensively good answer and method to this definition. Justin Trudeau, for example, admires the Chinese way, because a one-party dictatorship makes it easier for people that think they absolutely know what "we" need to download their orders and costs associated with those orders on the population without too much of a democratic challenge. Kinda like Druh Farrell, SebC and the pinkish hue crowd - they always know for sure what's best.
The best we've got, however, is an elected government representing the views of the wide majority of different people electing them and making decisions through an argumented debate. Budgetary process is no exception. Ask ten random people to rank municipal budget priorities and you'd get ten different responses.