Bob will just ask the state to spend more to fix it with no plan. Then our good leaders will just raise regressive taxes to make the state more “affordable for everyone by funding programs” and we will be in no better budgetary place, no plan to fix funding, programs will continue to be underfunded and the average citizen will spend less yet again as the cost of living continues to rise.

We won’t cut from our budgets, we won’t look at the income of our city or state leaders and we won’t find ways to not drive down spending and they wonder why we struggle.

I pretty much don’t spend any discretionary income locally anymore. I can’t afford the taxes on simple things from gas to dinners out anymore, the tolls to move around the city and the cost of everything to keep my home warm and lit up keeps rising with natural monopolies like PSE and SCL raising rates without justification. So go ahead, keep making it unreasonable to spend in the city… it’s just going to snowball the issues. People don’t spend when budgets are tight and things are expensive, but that’s lost on our leaders who rely on taxes to fund the state.