Comment by Dalewyn

>So basically you think taxes should have been set higher a long time ago so they would have a yearly surplus that could have been saved up to pay for a new roof?

Yes.

Simply put: If you can't or won't budget+save for a known future expense, I'm not giving you money to pay for it when it comes knocking.

>But then what happens when you reach that and the roof turns out to actually still be fine?

Save what's in there for when the roof really hits end of usable life and either: A) Keep adding to the fund if it's justifiable, or B) Remove the line item from the budget and reduce or reallocate the budget accordingly.

We're not talking about RNGesus throwing down a randomass thunderbolt at the school and blasting a randomass hole through it on a randomass Thursday. We know reasonably when the roof will need replacing for an absolute fact, and at least a ballpark estimate how much it will cost.

Fiscal discipline goes a long way to convincing me to pay (more) taxes.