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[–] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 6 points 3 months ago

That was Chicago.

I think we'll see more of this stuff. It's just too tempting for politicians. They can fill a budget hole, lower property taxes, etc, and make it some future administrations problem. Especially if they structure it with a gradual increase in prices.

It's like taxing people 50 years in the future but getting to spend the money now.