Royal Oak is a city in the Detroit suburbs, (Oakland County). It has a downtown area that is growing and flourishing because it actually draws in people. The housing prices are better than it's neighbors.
The city can not handle it's health care and pension costs and now is cutting services.
When the poop hits the fan you can see the true makeup of a person, or a city. You can see what they are really about. their true priorities.
The city in choosing to cut services shows the true basic function of the city is to transfer wealth from the taxpayers to government workers, providing services is way down the list.
I recall the Mayor of nearby Sterling Heights refer to the city's workers as one of the cities assets. Wrong . They are a growing liability, the furthest thing from an asset. This backwards thinking, that liabilities are assets, is what affects all types of governments. From little cities to big states like California. They see their mission as providing for government workers, "their assets" and not providing the services taxpayers pay for.
Exactly. The real motive behind the drive to repeal TABOR isn't a desire to provide better services but to pay off government workers and groups that have a vested interest in the continued growth of government. Bureaucrats and pro spending groups have deep pockets. The taxpayers can't spend enough to get their voice heard and their interests protected. You can imagine where they are in the priorities of those in power. We know that there's no crisis in CO and if there's really one that affects services, the government could reallocate spending to provide them or ask the voters for permission to authorize funding for services. That's the honest approach. But of course doing that would be tantamount to admitting the spending cap works and that's anathema to the politicians. They value their power more than your freedom.
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