01-11-2021, 02:08 AM
(01-07-2021, 02:53 AM)terracore Wrote: The only way to cut costs is to cut unnecessary services/requirements. For example, why don't they get rid of the entire vehicle inspection program? The states that don't have them do just fine. In fact empowering the police to pull people over for safety infractions leads to greater drunk driving arrests, etc. Not only would the costs of the program disappear, it would trickle into saving in other departments (like faster DMV lines). This is a problem the legislators came up with and they can make it go away. But they won't, instead they will find some use tax to add to this entirely useless program (WARNING: ADDING A USE TAX GROWS THE BUREAUCRACY) instead of finding and eliminating useless inefficiencies.
The only way to grow the union base is to grow the taxing and spending. It's a one-way road (full of pot holes) because nobody will vote them out.
Is there any data on how much it costs/generates? It would seem that it would generate more money than it costs, but I can't find any data on it.