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Tony Rodrigues's avatar

This IS NOT a shortage of public dollars for public works because your State govt has the taxpayer by the balls. They will raise taxes at will, increase fines, impose regulations to make things more costly so that at the end of day, taxpayers are impoverished. Remember printing money to cover deficits (via Federal Reserve) to monetize deficits is another tactic employed for the last 50 years (at the national level) ever since the dollar went off the gold standard. There is simply no accountability for bad management. All these officials and govt representatives get elected on platitudes and NO ONE holds them accountable. They cater to special interests and the taxpayer is simply a hostage.

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ironman33's avatar

A big problem in Oakland is that the demands of one group always conflict with the demands of another. The only thing consistent is higher taxes.

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