A lot of the initial taxation and allocation discussion seems likes somewhat of a red herring. The starting point is near the end, IMO: The cost of infrastructure maintenance is $8k-$10k per home.
Is this true? How variable is this between cities? How determined is it? Could it be less, how, etc.?
IDK if this number is normal or out of line, but I think this needs to be the starting point. My uneducated opinion is that it seems high.
Per google, $10K/yr is one median income per 2.8 houses. The concept of having one person for every three houses doing nothing but infrastructure maintenance is laughable.
The problem with wide spread innumeracy is random numbers can be printed for propaganda or other purposes and the vast majority of people will simply accept them. Combined with sophistry techniques such as anecdote proves the general rule, etc.
Is this true? How variable is this between cities? How determined is it? Could it be less, how, etc.?
IDK if this number is normal or out of line, but I think this needs to be the starting point. My uneducated opinion is that it seems high.