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I’ve long thought if you doubled tax revenue or halved it the public services rendered would be the same. Tax revenue is not the problem.
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How much of California's budget is "giving the money to NGOs"?
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Congragulations you have just rediscovered conservatism.
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…and how to never have any large infrastructure projects like highways or just services that run at a loss while being essential like the EPA
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It would be interesting to run the counter-factual on the EPA. Lawsuits around pollution were already increasing significantly prior to the EPA even company vs. company.

Would the resources have been better spent on a more efficient legal system, then leverage that?

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