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Flashbulb_RI t1_ivcvvyh wrote

If find the ballot funding questions very troublesome. Anyone know why RI puts bond funding/spending to the voters when other states don't? My concern is that MOST citizens aren't qualified to make these huge spending decisions and that it's far too easy for voters to just check a box without understanding the consequences of the debt and if the $$$ are really being well spent.

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therealDrA t1_ivd6hc7 wrote

I am from CA where there were routinely more than 10 ballot initiatives every election. This is nothing.

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Cash50911 t1_ivdb27l wrote

Are they not usually policy questions vs bonds approvals?

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therealDrA t1_ivde0ct wrote

Oh there are always lots of bond issues. And they are literally billions of dollars. It is crazy ...but CA is now the 6th largest economy in the world if it were a country. The investments in infrastructure have been worth it. However, I couldn't afford a home there on a professor's salary so here I am...

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SelectStarFromNames t1_ivdpqyn wrote

In RI, state legislature decides on the ballot questions. As far as I know they could have done this without the vote but didn't want to do it without specific approval from voters.

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deadl0ckx2 t1_ivf7aey wrote

The only person LESS qualified than a clueless voter to make a bond decision is a politician being lobbied from 8 different directions.

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bluehat9 t1_ivgzph0 wrote

It's funny that we do these here but other states don't, but we couldn't do a marijuana ballot initiative while other states can and did

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