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Re:Anti-Tax Fervor Closed Their Libraries. Now Residents Are... by lovich on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @05:28PM (#18243983)
Ive lived in small towns like these where everything got defunded. Maybe there were a few individuals who cared about mismanagement of funds. The majority, and the vocal ones, were saying "Why should I pay for schools when my kids have graduated?", "Why should I pay for fixing the roads when I live on a state maintained road?", "Why should I pay for firefighters when no one's house has burned down in my neighborhood".

They are explicitly anti-funding and of a "fuck you, I got mine" mentality

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Re:Anti-Tax Fervor Closed Their Libraries. Now Residents Are... by kodablah on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @06:29PM (#18244394)
And I've seen it where they had to basically rework budgets from scratch and prosecute officials mismanaging funds that sowed decades of distrust in the system. Maybe there were a few individuals who actually cared about funding important items and being fiscally responsible. Is your anecdote more apropos than mine or are these just anecdotes?

> They are explicitly anti-funding

"They" who? All the voters against this tax increase? The small towns you lived in? People that disagree?

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