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fountain19 OP t1_j0tzg3f wrote
My point is no one needed the 100 or 200 or even even a thousand. We should have put it on the ballot like a question. Do we want the 3 billion returned or should we fix our infrastructure. This state is fiscally sound, and our infrastructure is bad. Not just 93 but the whole state.
TheBetterMan8984 t1_j0u2p90 wrote
No one needed it? lol ok
fountain19 OP t1_j0u323w wrote
Really? Its food for a few days. Or fix the infrastructure for everyone. Don't see the lol but everyone gotta add their 2 cents. Its literally a waste of money. Im not saying it doesn't help. But big picture waste of money.
TheBetterMan8984 t1_j0u666h wrote
Be mad at the gov’t not spending the current tax dollars properly and efficiently.
A_Man_Who_Writes t1_j0vtkmz wrote
When looking at the big picture I do agree with you
user72230 t1_j0u3zwv wrote
Sounds like you should start a voter initiative cause that is one way to make this happen. Good luck
fountain19 OP t1_j0u434e wrote
Too late. They already gave it back.
user72230 t1_j0u7d4a wrote
Amazing, so we will never have a surplus again and you know this somehow?
Budget-Celebration-1 t1_j0ulv1r wrote
The biggest issue is the cost of maintaining the roads here. We are literally in the top 5 states for the cost per mile, if not the top 2. Thank the unions and state. It does amaze me how much we pay and just how crappy the worksmanship is.
A_Man_Who_Writes t1_j0vt68s wrote
Woah there Mr. Money Bags! Many people needed that and much more.
fountain19 OP t1_j0wc3y6 wrote
I get it but is a couple hundred really going to make ot brake people? 3billion for roads can help all of us. Big picture. Stop thinking small.
stinkopinko22 t1_j13pqok wrote
Yes it does actually. It seems you are the one thinking small for blaming the average citizen for gov misspending.
TheGrandExquisitor t1_j0smttt wrote
"No."
-Beacon Hill-
NoMoLerking t1_j0sn4zi wrote
Best I can do is a “next time take the T” billboard.
Lord-Eddard t1_j0u4p67 wrote
Interstate highways are federally funded I believe
chavery17 t1_j0v550d wrote
More taxes ain’t the answer. Move the tax money from other areas to more important ones. Most of our tax money we pay in is wasted
Notmystationbro t1_j0wkzsa wrote
Sounds like elected officials are doing a poor job
what_comes_after_q t1_j0wpi67 wrote
That's not how cities work. Cities set a budget. In this case, Mass DOT would make this part of their request to the governor when he sets the budget. All money that comes in goes to the general fund, unless it is allocated to different parts of the budget (like gas tax revenue, for example). If there is too much money in the general fund, then by mass law it gets refunded to the tax payers.
fountain19 OP t1_j0ume9m wrote
Have you not been paying attention to the world lately? Surplus is a word we might not use again this decade.
Word edit
PakkyT t1_j0uzmus wrote
>Surplus is a word we might not yours again this decade
Well said (but poorly typed)! ;)
fountain19 OP t1_j0uzvya wrote
Never said I was an English major.
A_Man_Who_Writes t1_j0vts8i wrote
You never said you were an economics major either
fountain19 OP t1_j0vy39s wrote
I thought that was implied.
PakkyT t1_j0wfxv4 wrote
Well you said "surplus" so I just assumed you ran one of those Army-Navy stores. ;)
Proof-Variation7005 t1_j0woee5 wrote
art history?
I know there's a whole other discussion, but now I just want to play "guess what u/fountain19 majored in"
fountain19 OP t1_j0wpiso wrote
I have a degree for transportation and logistics management from northeastern class of 1999.
fountain19 OP t1_j0wpqvw wrote
But I just run my own courier service.
peteypaaaablo t1_j0v4qsg wrote
Have you not been paying attention to the world lately? We live in Massachusetts… Even if there was a pool of $25 billion to fix the roads with the state wouldn’t be able to resist the temptation to mismanage every dime of it. The roads would be left in the same condition but somehow there would be a group of contractors with friends on Beacon Hill that, after “competitive bidding processes” got $$PAID$$
Notmystationbro t1_j0wl30l wrote
Quit electing slimy democrats then Massachusetts
PakkyT t1_j0wftig wrote
We're wicked sma'ht in MA so one of us is going to point out meaningless spelling /typo mistakes. That is the way. That and it's Reddit. By the way, I did grant you an English degree. You should see it in the mail next week.
plawwell t1_j0ysaik wrote
We don't need to throw more money at the problems as enough is already spent on all this stuff. We need to understand why they can't fix the problems with the funding already.
fountain19 OP t1_j0yshlg wrote
I agree but we need to start somewhere
Cmurph1106 t1_j0x2bw7 wrote
Saw this post last night and then drove it this morning to work, no joke it’s like driving on the surface of the moon Stoneham to Medford!
fountain19 OP t1_j0v5siq wrote
Agreed. My point was 3 billion thrown towards something is better then giving 4 million people money. Its helps. But a big project could have been more beneficial to the 4 million. No new tax was needed. We already had it. But we have crooked people running the state so we can't get it done I guess. That seems like a real bull s h I t answer. Anyway back to dodging pot holes
bubalusarnee t1_j0syoun wrote
Well there is a law saying excess revenue must be returned, and there is no law saying I93 south should be well maintained. That is the literal answer, hopefully you don't mind me being literal for a second.