Folks moving here discover it is public fiscal policy, and youI see your points... but since I started this thread I suppose I should chip in my 2c.. Of course I have not lived there.. and can't speak about specifics but these are just my general thoughts on the issues you raised.
get what you pay for in quality of services, like public
transit and schools. TANSTAAFL.
and organize the cooperative services that modern society requires. Solid waste disposal anyone? Or water/sewer plants?
I am a happily-single guy with no kids... and I don't require much in the way of services from my state. Waterworks is a public utility.. as is power... to an extent... but if I choose to live in the middle of nowhere I have to be prepared to generate my own. Trash pickup can be handled by a private company.. if there is a demand for it someone will provide the service.
The same can/should be said for schools... I see nothing wrong with private schools... if tax funded schools were not mandated there would be more demand for private schools... and I think the market would provide for most educational needs without all the baggage, indoctrination and waste that goes along with a juggernaut like public education.
I like that we have 50 separate states that are allowed to do things their own way... I don't like the continued centralization of power at the federal level. If someone wants to be cared for from cradle to grave there are plenty of states out there that will oblige them. Personally I don't want to live in places like that because I want to hold on to the fruits of my labor and not have them redistributed to anyone who has a hand out.
Where I currently live.. the powers that be are constantly trying to make charlotte into a 'world class city' and lately that means going forward with a doomed light rail system. The version people voted on was priced at 500mil... a year later they are projecting 5-6 billion... and I challenge anyone to show me a public transit system that solves any of the problems it
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set out to solve (pollution, congestion, sprawl).. or is self sufficient. I could go into a whole rant about the smartgrowth nonsense that has been running wild around the country.. but that's another email. =]
Also... linux and other tech is allowing people to have more freedom of movement than at any other time in history... so if you don't like how things are done where you are... move.
As always... this is IMHO so take it as you will...
Jared
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