Tag: budget

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    The Taylor City Council pay debacle

    I sit in the middle of a group of about 50 people who are all very angry at the government. The issue at hand is the pay raise for the five men sitting on the city council in the next room. Each resident has their name called and one by one they slowly make their […]

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    The Sunk Cost Fallacy

    Williamson County just proposed an almost 900 MILLION dollar bond project “for roads and parks”. [Link] If you’ve heard any of my rants over the last two years, you won’t be surprised to learn that 93% of this bond goes to pay for roads. We in Williamson County are going to BORROW 825 million dollars […]

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    Cars are ruining us: an economic analysis

    The USA should be the wealthiest country in the world. But the reality for most Americans is very different – the last 50 years of economic prosperity has somehow passed us by. The answer to “somehow” is that car infrastructure is 2X-3X more expensive to maintain than any other modern transportation alternative, and we have […]