stonewallmike

stonewallmike t1_jbg9wwk wrote

Maine state gov't spends about $7.7k per person per year. NH state gov't spends about $5k. Not that that answers your question, but I thought it was a useful fact.

Cost of living incorporates taxes and everything kind of washes out and is effectively only modulated by desirability (also a tricky think to nail down).

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stonewallmike t1_j9hh29d wrote

People just don’t think things through. I’m preparing a speech for my town meeting to try to explain that the conclusion of their NIMBYism is insolvency. We can’t control the price of goods and labor. If they want the roads plowed and potholes fixed (which they complain about incessantly on Facebook) they have two choices: higher taxes or more taxpayers.

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