Civil War, Part II

[kandrathe]

I think the issue here is why do people keep voting for politicians who have obviously very left leaning views on taxes, government, and social policies, yet when voting on the issues directly they are defeated soundly? (Example: recent California special election, prop 8) In California at least, it seems people want their cake and to eat it too. I think this more than anything has lead to our current financial issues. They want the assistant secretary to the head supervisor of delta environmental conservation and preservation (totally made up position, but I bet there is someone with a very similar title getting a check from California) to have his job but don't want to pay high taxes.:huh:

They have a long history, going back well past proposition 13 of wanting their cake and eating it as well. The main result was that it forced cities to engage in huge deals with developers to not only build the homes and businesses, but also the community infrastructure as well. Or, in other words, they would allow the developers to build only if they were willing to toss in a bunch of civil projects for free. Of course, now many years later they are smacked with the reality of maintaining existing communities with a marginal tax base.

It is interesting, but even in the companies I've worked within, there are many who are very eager to grow infrastructure without concern for sustainability (i.e. how it contributes to profit). Sound government should be grounded on the same principle of sustainability, whereas the city infrastructure should reflect the taxes the people are willing to pay. Imagine if a corporation tried to do what our feds are doing, and you'd see the top executives replaced in a heartbeat.