Magnus
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None of it is true, but keep spouting the usual right-wing gibberish talking points.There is more to this. A half century ago or more we went from real infrastructure to human infrastructure. A massive transition of revenue. Government, monopoly and union Employees in many areas saw salary increases with benefits if they did not have it already. Social programs were instituted and shot up like a rocket. Schools and local public transportation were/are so expensive that regional and state taxes were instituted and sent to cities from semi-rural and rural areas. Cities survive on regional, state and federal taxes now. You want to fix it. Freeze all social programs and all employees affected for at least 4 years. Perhaps longer. Money will pour in, and renovations of areas needed will happen as fast as they can. This is truth. It will not happen until there is no choice.
Do you know how much revenue NYC and other Lib cities make? How much do they give back to the Fed which in turn sends it down to poorer states like Alabama or Georgia - Republican-run cities?
Let me give you another example. My state of NJ. It has the largest negative net federal funding of -$2,368 per resident, indicating that it sends more money to the federal government in taxes than it receives back in aid.
And yes, NJ is run by Dems. Put that in your right-wing MAGA pipe and smoke it.