Comment by phendrenad2
18 days ago
The region's GDP is 100 billion dollars, so these are tiny amounts, although they may seem large to some.
And the first article you link proves that people are already worried about it. You think they can safely 10x that?
LMPD budget is $250m, if they lost ~10% of it every year, they'd surely notice.
> The region's GDP is 100 billion dollars, so these are tiny amounts, although they may seem large to some.
It's a fair point and easy to handwave away "it's only $100 per resident." But it's a lot of money still. And yet that city is shutting down schools and selling off school properties to make budget this year. I bet they'd love to have those wasted millions.
> You think they can safely 10x that?
I have no idea the reason for this question. The OP said cities learn after a couple million dollar suits. I'm showing that no, they do not. If anything suits are increasing.
> I have no idea the reason for this question
Well it does make sense, in the full context of the thread. I'll let future readers decide.