🚀 go-pugleaf

> : It's because of Prop 13.  Counties can no longer count on
> : property tax.
> 
> No, it's because politicians and bureaucrats have an insatiable
> appetite for money.

Amen.  But think about *WHY* they have this insatiable appetite:
Our entire government is formulated on a positive feedback system
and is therefore doomed to failure.

What positive feedback?  Easy: How does an elected official get
re-elected?  By spending more State or Federal money in his home
district.  But to pass spending bills requires votes, so every
official has to get other officials to vote for his bills.  This
is done by voting for THEIR bills, mutual back-scratching.  In
other words, there is absolutely *NO* incentive to REDUCE
spending, and major incentive (namely staying in office) to
INCREASE it.

At least Prop 13 has throttled the available money enough to make
the self-destruction a little slower.

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