See what I have a problem with is that even though the towns are doing thier best to level fund things, the state and feds in turn haven't stopped and the towns are taking a beating for it. Even worse the towns are responsible for funding critical services (no not curb side trash pickup)
but fire, police and to some degree the school system are forced to cut back or not do as you say repairs that should be done. This poses a public saftey problem, yet notice that the entitlement programs continue to not only get funded, but increase in funding year after year. They are sucking the life out of everyone as more and more end up on the dole, some making a freaking career out of it as it passes from generation to generation. The days of free handouts on the backs of the working stiffs has got to stop. Instead of deamonizing those who have attained real success, those folks should be looked at as models for others to follow... excluding 99% of the music and entertainment industries.
The problems you see now are the direct result of having put into office a bunch of people who have no idea what they are doing, other than pushing an agenda for socal experimentation and idealism. Like I said in my last post, you can only tax the rich for so long before they aren't rich anymore... then where do you go? In the end everyone pays for it, either directly or indirectly.