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Originally Posted by Slava
I'm not posturing for anything. I just think that your great panacea of blaming every budgetary issue on the suburbs and sprawl is ridiculous. I'm quite interested in where you'll hang your hat once the $4500 per door is no longer there and we still face these budgetary issues.
You call it posturing as if its a black and white issue with one solution, whereas I can accept that's not the case.
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I call it posturing because you are treating criticism of a policy like it's a personal affront to a large segment of the population. That's classic wedge politics. Useful for getting elected but detrimental to an honest discussion and good government.
As mentioned, the $4500 is only for capital costs. There are still lifecycle costs and indirect subsidies (like far-out LRT) and stuff like that... the $4500 is far from a silver bullet. It is, however, a very good litmus test for councillors.