Originally Posted by
Wesley Mouch
More to the OP, living standards aren't really important to this debate.
Everyone [[nearly) agrees that our cities [[and our city) has problems that need to be solved. Everyone [[nearly) agrees that taxes should fund the government, and that tax policy is a mess.
Fortunately, Donald Trump has expressed interest in improving cities, and in reforming tax policy. So now the debate needs to move to -- will he? And to will the entrenched interests of the left allow new ideas? Or will they fight tooth and nail for more taxes, and no changes in how we govern our cities.
Right now, Trump / Carson are hope & change. Trump won. He should get a chance to try his ideas, and his cabinet picks. The old ideas need some freshening up.