>Many cities are perpetually broke because they owe more money in maintenance burden (fixing roads, pipes, etc) than they bring in through tax revenue.
This is just flat out not true. For all of the ink Strong towns spills they can't point to one municipality that's gone broke from infrastructure costs. The reality is that infrastructure just isn't that expensive in the grand scheme of things. It's 10% or less of the budget. Most of the money goes to cops, courts firemen, teachers, municipal workers and so on.
This is just flat out not true. For all of the ink Strong towns spills they can't point to one municipality that's gone broke from infrastructure costs. The reality is that infrastructure just isn't that expensive in the grand scheme of things. It's 10% or less of the budget. Most of the money goes to cops, courts firemen, teachers, municipal workers and so on.