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FuriouslyFurious007 t1_ivevl0a wrote

Most people are having a tough time coming up with the money for their electric and food bills, yet they'll vote for millions upon millions in bonds...it blows my mind. Get the spending under control! Cut costs instead of just throwing money at a problem.

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lavendergrowing101 t1_ivfn1rp wrote

funding education and research is exactly where our tax money should go

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FuriouslyFurious007 t1_ivfncqt wrote

Piss poor management of our tax dollars for the last 30 years shouldn't be bailed out with a bond referendum.

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lavendergrowing101 t1_ivfo19r wrote

So let's give it all to more police, prisons, private developers, etc? OK to throw money at the problem in those cases? Funding for public education is down across the country, which is part of why our country gets less and less competitive on the world stage every year. Redoing these buildings will create good jobs in the trades, then URI itself will create more jobs in these buildings, and the research and training that comes out of the buildings will be invaluable for years. This is how you invest in actually creating a thriving state and country.

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lavendergrowing101 t1_ivfo42g wrote

though i agree we should nationalize the electric company and make everyones electric bills cheaper. but cutting funding for public education wont help you with your electric bill

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mdurg68 OP t1_ivexvm6 wrote

We’ll yeah. I’m all for having nice things but let’s just take the URI question. That’s $100 from every person in the state. Doesn’t seem like much until you realize that kids and babies and people that don’t work and many others are not chipping in. Then the interest on top of that.

The questions should be how was it allowed to get to such a state of decay and what ways can that be prevented or alleviated in the future.

I’m kind of new to RI but it seems similar to the road and bridge situation. They let them rot until they are backed into a corner and for the past few years they started fixing everything in a hurry. Large sums of money spent quickly lead to waste and shoddy work.

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