January 5, 2013 at 7:19 pm
#780358
hooper1961
Member
JoB – have you seen the shape of seattle streets and sidewalks? The resources that that in the past used to go to maintain the infrastructure are now being consumed at a ever increasing rate on social services. Someone working to repave a street is a person that is WORKING, paying taxes and using services (aka creating other jobs) and in return the public gets a street that is smooth and less costly for motorists to drive on (increasing the pie). Versus handing an able bodied/minded money that provides instant gratification but no long term benefit to society (cutting the pie into smaller slices).