Becker wrote:
My challenge to Ms. Heller was to instead of sniping at the tax side of the
governmental finance equation, find real budget reductions which could lead
to tax reductions. ...
My last comment would be this. Over the last ten years or so, the Legislature has been hacking and hacking at the City's budget. I can say with a lot of certainty, there isn't enough wasteful spending left in that budget to have any impact on taxes. At this point, if you want to argue that taxes would be lower, you really need to start picking what services should be cut. Fewer cops, fewer people fixing potholes, turning off streetlights, not rebuilding streets, not maintaining parks, laying off 25% of the library staff. It is down to the really hard decisions and I would challenge anyone who wants to cut taxes to pick the services they want cut.
WM: Say Amen somebody.
WizardMarks, Central
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