Taxpayer irked
by spending decisions
Editor, Times-Dispatch:
The economy must be booming. The University of Virginia is raising its minimum wage to $15 per hour, and the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority doesn't have to collect rent anymore. Or, could these be a couple of bad business decisions? The money has to come from somewhere, right? As a taxpayer, it makes me sick how twisted this is. Tenants behind on their rent have an advocacy group? Either the city and/or state is going to come for more tax dollars, or send our overpayment back. I think we all know how this ends.
Paul Dillard.
Richmond.
Post a comment as
Report
Watch this discussion.
(6) comments
Paul Dillard ….. welcome to the Age of Entitilement, and our with the Age of Self-Responsibility.
What has not changed is math is still the same math, and the bottom line is there is nothing that is free ….. that one's vote cannot pay for. Hallelujah, and period.
It is just SO AWFUL that we WASTE money n these people. Scrooge would have known what to do, until he started hallucinating.
Paul Dillard,
You whine about working folks getting a living wage...How very Trump IRG of you...
But you are not concerned about the hundreds of BILLION$$$ that go to the rich every year??? Uh huh??? ~~~ Bob
Dear Paul, I believe I heard from President Trump that the economy was booming. I have no problem with UVA raising the minimum wage for full-time contractors
to $15 an hour. Contractors have bills to pay too. If this causes an increase in tuition or meal plan rates that UVA students can't afford, perhaps they should consider community college which are less costly than UVA.
Concerning the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, as long as the Richmond Mayor continues to play political games this problem will not be resolved. The proposed Navy Hill project has become a distraction from good governance in the City.
Well, they can always just print more money. It's so easy to "fix" bad fiscal policy with horrible monetary policy.
Welcome to the discussion.
Log In
Please keep it clean, turn off CAPS LOCK and don't threaten anyone. Be truthful, nice and proactive. Comments cannot be edited or deleted once posted. To flag a comment to the page administrator, click “report” next to that comment.